Down East Magazine - Maine Vacations, Real Estate, Lifestyles

Thousands of carved pumpkins will glow October 4 in celebration of Camp Sunshine. See for yourself. Read more »

Governor's Conference on Youth and the Natural World set for Oct. 2 Read more »

Jeff Clapp's Bells From Everest are hand-turned bells and ornaments made from oxygen tanks reclaimed from Mount Everest. Experience Brunswick, Maine through his eyes. Read more »

The Maine Pumpkin Growers Organization gives advice on growing giant pumpkins. Read more »

Play golf on an island in Casco Bay. Read more »

Go on a whale watch in Bar Harbor. Read more »

Paddle the many coves of Little Sebago. Read more »

Go out on the town for free at the Portland Museum of Art. Read more »

Tap your toes in Fort Fairfield. Read more »

Attend the sixth annual Festival of Nations in Portland. Read more »

Isaac H. Evans, Day 2
Captain Brenda Thomas is a self-discloser of the highest order. If she ever cuts down a cherry tree, she’ll not only confess to it, she’ll submit the hatchet as Exhibit A. Read more »

Aboard the Isaac H. Evans
Day 1: Have sword, will travel. Read more »

Angelique, Day 5
The galley is above deck, making the Angelique's kitchen the envy of every windjammer cook. Read more »

Angelique, Day IV
The top of the mast really is a l-o-n-g distance up (and we have video to prove it!) Read more »

Angelique, Day III
These Maine kids get their sea legs early — some from birth! Read more »

A couple with a bit of an aversion to B&Bs has turned a midcoast manse into an intimate, but not overbearing, hideaway for people just like themselves. Read more »

A Guide for Urbanites on Vacation Down East Read more »

Many of the Maine sites important to Roosevelt are open to visitors today. Read more »

An excerpt from the new book The Story of Sugarloaf tells the story of Sugarloaf/USA's first gondola, as important an event in the history of the Mountain as cutting the first trail in 1950 Read more »

This trusty orange book may be as vital to your surviving in the woods as a Swiss Army knife. Read more »

Camden was home to a one-night wooden boat festival of sorts on Thursday, as classic sailing yachts stopped by on their way to the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta in Brooklin. Read more »