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Guygan t1_j5tfjhm wrote

The Maine Maritime Museum is amazing. And the Maine State Museum is also shockingly good and overlooked.

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_maineman t1_j5tkemq wrote

Eastern Cemetery and Evergreen Cemetery are well worth the visit. They both offered guided tours in the warmer months, and feature interesting gravestones and burials. The Portland Observatory is close to Eastern Cemetery as well. On Peaks Island, the 5th Maine Museum and Battery Steele are nice visits. I haven't been in a while, but read an interesting article about Fort Western in Augusta. Fort Knox is a cool visit, and if you're in the area the Buck Monument is more a curious roadside attraction. Joshua Chamberlain's house in Brunswick is a nice shrine museum to him and his accomplishments. I'm happy to provide any other recommendations if there are periods of time or specific areas of interest you're particularly intrigued by.

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GeeJimmy t1_j5tl4xm wrote

Castine and the Wilson Museum. And for funsies, read Redcoats at Castine by Arthur Patterson, for a fictional account of the British occupation of Castine. (Like Kenneth Roberts's Arundel, but not as good.)

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Mikerm3 t1_j5tr641 wrote

battery steele on peaks island

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IamSauerKraut t1_j5tr6nw wrote

The blockhouse in New Gloucester on Gloucester Hill Rd just north of the cemetery. Truly unappreciated.

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coolcalmaesop t1_j5tte3w wrote

I thought the old Katahdin Iron Works and Ore Mountain was pretty cool. I’m a nerd though so I don’t know how cool it’s considered.

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telafee t1_j5txk4w wrote

State of Maine museum is an awesome day in Augusta!

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Candygramformrmongo t1_j5u1ouk wrote

So many to choose from. Paris Hill with the old Oxford County jail and the Hannibal Hamlin Mansion. Beautiful views of the Whites from there too. Nearby is Snow Falls with the ruins of an old gunpowder mill.

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megamoose4 t1_j5u31jv wrote

The Norlands!

Plus they really need the support right now.

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Voltron1993 t1_j5u51y4 wrote

  1. Fort McClary State Historic Site. Chill place to relax and watch boats go by on a summer day.

  2. B52 Crash site on Elephant Mountain

  3. Coles Land Transport Museum.

  4. The Major Reuben Colburn House. Benedict Arnold used this site as a launch point for invasion of Quebec during Revolutionary War

  5. Bowdoin College Museum of Art. They have some nice historical pieces from Ancient Greece/Rome/Middle East.

  6. Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum in Brunswick. Nice little tour.

  7. Squirrel Point Light. Nice little hike and nice place to hang in the summer and watch boats and seals float by. Also there is a Revolutionary War graveyard before the trail head. One grave is of an officer who guided Arnold up the Kennebec to spot #4 above.

  8. Fort Gorges. You need to charter a boat or kayak out there, but worth it!

  9. 2 Ammo Industrial Park, Bangor Maine. Lost my virginity here in 1992 in the back of my Buick Lesabre. Epic historical event.

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Lady-Kat1969 t1_j5u67lw wrote

Washburn-Norlands Living History Center in Livermore. This family had a major impact on American history, and the museum is in danger of going under.

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Courbet1Shakes0 t1_j5ue0le wrote

Bowdoin Museum of Art, Joshua Chamberlain House, Notlands, Blaine House, Shaker Village, Maine Maritime Museum

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mainething t1_j5ujdb8 wrote

The fantastic State Museum oops closed by LePage !

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RatherNerdy t1_j5ulx21 wrote

  • Owl's Head transportation museum
  • Seashore Trolley Museum
  • The Abbe Museum
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More-War-3964 t1_j5unw3f wrote

Pownalborough Court House! Amazing place with knowledgeable guides.

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LordG20 t1_j5vpds6 wrote

Dolly's restaurant right on Rt. 1. If you have never eaten at Dolly's you cannot say you have been to Maine.

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kegido t1_j5vtl7o wrote

The Victorian Mansion in Portland, Longfellow house also in Portland

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Away-Reaction6061 t1_j5w1dwj wrote

Washington County has a bunch of stone statues along the coast from eastport, cutler, machiasport, jonesport, addison and millbridge and I think there's a few I'm missing. My sister wants to go see all of them and I kinda want to as well. We have seen 3 and that's it.

Another one is up in the county up north from Presque Isle to Houlton there's a bunch of planets to see along Route 1 and we tried stopping to them but missed 2 and wanna try to do it again.

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KenMediocre t1_j5wdrbe wrote

  1. Ft. Williams Park (Portland Head Light) - a lot of great buildings historic to the Fort and the park itself is beautiful.

  2. Ft. Preble (Spring Point Ledge Light) - historic fort that is just adjacent to the jetty out to Spring Point Ledge Light. Also, walk around Southern Maine Community College that is in the property as most buildings are labeled with what they were back when Ft. Preble was in operation.

  3. Cushing Point (Bug Light) - this entire area was a part of the New England Shipbuilding Corp where they built Liberty Ships during WWII.

All three are very scenic and very historic. 2 & 3 are easily walkable between the two via the Greenbelt Trail.

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ImpressionNo9470 t1_j5xcf8j wrote

Governor Baxter’s Animal Graveyard on Mackworth Island in Falmouth. It’s haunting but simultaneously endearing. Dude loved his dogs.

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JustAGreenDreamer t1_j5ybcd8 wrote

Replying to LordG20 (#1,503,828)

It’s hundreds of miles long in Maine. And I’ve driven most of it. So I can assume it somewhere in Southern Maine, which I pretty much a wood like the plague. But I’m always willing to venture out for good food.

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sspif t1_j5ylkgh wrote

The Wilhelm Reich Museum in Rangeley is an interesting place. Closed in winter though.

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ptowndavid t1_j5ymdpp wrote

Check out the Clio app. Great place to discover and add historical and cultural sites.

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CaptainReptyl t1_j61ujt8 wrote

Father Rastle Monument in Madison. Site of one of the worst massacres of Indigenous people in Maine.

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mainething t1_j61yuv1 wrote

Replying to injulen (#1,517,909)

Yup, that's what I'd like too. Probably should ask a representative for a calendar/ budget /..News sources report nothing on the disappearance of these three institutions... probably they will be only online..

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