If you’re visiting Key West and feeling brave, why not stop by the Martello Museum and experience a side of the supernatural right out of a Stephen King book. Wandering through the aged brick building of the museum, which was built in 1862 during the Civil War, to defend Key West against a possible […]
When you’ve been in the car driving for hours South on Route 1 and you’re still an hour away from Key West, sometimes you just gotta get your toes in the sand. There is no better spot than Lazy Days South in the heart of Marathon. Many times we have been there for the happy […]
The State Theatre opened on Congress Street on November 8, 1929, designed by architect Herbert W. Rhodes in a mix of Spanish, Moorish, and Art Deco styles. Built for movies and stage shows, it seated nearly two thousand people and featured a Wurlitzer organ, an ornate plaster ceiling, and a grand lobby lined with marble […]
Mechanics’ Hall was built between 1857 and 1859 for the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, a group founded in 1815 to promote education and craftsmanship among tradesmen. Before then, the Association had met in rented rooms around the city, but by the 1850s it needed a permanent home. Architect Thomas J. Sparrow designed the building at […]
The Press Hotel on Exchange Street in Portland began life in 1923 as the Gannett Building, headquarters of the Portland Press Herald. Built in the Georgian Revival style, it was commissioned by publisher Guy P. Gannett to centralize his growing media operations. The structure’s clean brick façade and limestone trim reflected the paper’s ambitions—modern, efficient, […]
You probably have heard of Sardis, the famous restaurant that is home to thousands of celebrity portraits. Few know the backstory behind these iconic caricatures and it’s as fascinating as the people whose face’s line Sardi’s walls. Opened in 1921 in Manhattan’s Time Square, Sardi’s was founded by Italian immigrants Eugenia and Vincent Sardi. The […]
Just south of Camden, directly on U.S. Route 1, the Conway House stands as a rare glimpse into Maine’s colonial past. Built in the late 1700s, this white clapboard farmhouse is one of the oldest in the region and today serves as the centerpiece of the Camden-Rockport Historical Society’s museum campus. The house tells the […]
If you’re traveling Route 1 through Scarborough, you’ll want to make time for a sweet detour that isn’t really a detour at all. Len Libby Chocolatier has been a Maine candy institution since 1926, but it’s best known for one unusual resident: Lenny, the world’s only life-size chocolate moose. Standing over 8 feet tall and […]
For being an island, it’s not that hard to find a place to watch the sunset in Key West. You can head to the Southernmost Point buoy and stand around with all the tourists with a drink in your hand, waiting on the sun to drop or you could stroll on down to zero Duval […]
The Waldorf Astoria Hotel has a history that mirrors the rise of Manhattan as a world capital of luxury culture and power. Its story unfolds in two major chapters: the original Hotel on 5th Avenue and the current Art Deco Masterpiece on Park Avenue. This all began as two rival hotels, built by feuding relatives […]
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