If you can choose just one stop in Calais, Maine, it should be this hidden gem; The Wabanaki Cultural Center and Museum. Located in the same building as the Maine State Visitor Information Center, the downstairs contains two must-see sections. The first section is a touch pool! Learn about the incredibly high and low tides […]
As is often the case, a library is a cornerstone of a community. The Calais Free Library is no exception. The numerous patrons enjoy a two story building full of an ever-evolving inventory of books, the displays are enticingly created to draw in the most reluctant reader, and the overall peacefulness makes this library a […]
Polar Treat is a family-owned ice cream and fast food shop. It’s not just the fresh, delicious food that will keep you coming back; the service is always friendly and inviting, even when the lines are long. Do check out their really fun soft serve flavors, the seemingly endless hard ice cream flavors and the […]
Does the idea of a 200-year old barn containing a 5-story maze made of books stored in beautiful antique fruit crates sound great to you? I think so too! Books are full of magic and mysteries and I feel like the places they are stored should be too. The joy of a great bookstore is […]
As you drive up route 1 through Wells, Maine, you are overwhelmed with business after business trying to get your attention. It’s a vacationer’s paradise of specialty stores, motels, and gift shops. Once you start leaving that densely crowded portion of the road, it feels as if you are beginning to see the Maine that […]
Located on the St. Croix River banks in Calais, Maine, the St. Croix Country Club has been a fixture in Downeast, Maine, since 1927. With well-maintained greens and wide fairways, it offers the perfect day for both the new and experienced golfer. Enjoy the wildlife and the peaceful ambiance as you play, then be sure […]
In a nondescript strip mall along Route One in Bridgeport is a place where you can take a trip to Jamaica for breakfast, lunch or dinner and save the airfare. Soups, oxtails, jerk, fish, goat, brownstews, curries, cakes, and homemade juices give you an experience that’s really close to what you’d get in Kingston or […]
The Unica Cafe is unassuming place in the middle of a busy retail block on Main St in Jersey City is a family run business with an international flair. It began as La Unica Bakery making croissants, cakes, cannoli, tiramisu, flan and cupcakes and morphed into a full service restaurant serving breakfast and lunch. The […]
Connecting Edison on the North bank and New Brunswick on the South bank, two bridges tower over a river crossing that was favored by the Raritan Lenape native Americans. One bridge, a concrete arch structure built in 1929, was not enough. By the time it had been named the Morris Goodkind Bridge after its designer, […]
The St Croix river was once a major means of transporting lumber between the neighboring towns of Eastport and Calais, Maine. Part of the river, called the Narrows, was particularly difficult for steamers to navigate. In 1802, a red lantern was hung from a tree on the American side of the river, while on the […]
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