The Ski Museum of Maine isn’t just for skiers. Even visitors who’ve never hit the slopes savor this run through iconic Maine history. The terrain takes in Swedish immigrants who brought skiing here, the state’s winter Olympians, ski areas (past and present) from the “Crown of Maine” to the coast, and Maine-made skis and boots. […]
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History Buff: Wadsworth-Longfellow House gives insight into a poet’s inspiration
He used the home as a base while traveling in Europe and teaching at his alma mater, Bowdoin College.
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History Buff: Pittston’s Colburn House a country museum about the country
The Colburn property is where Col. Benedict Arnold acquired the flat-bottomed boats that he used on his breathtakingly arduous and ill-fated 1775 march to attack the British at Quebec at the start of the Revolutionary War.
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History Buff: Explore Bethel’s history
Located in the heart of the Broad Street Historic District in Bethel, Maine (founded in 1768 and incorporated in 1796), the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society provide visitors with a doorway to the town and region’s colorful past.
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History Buff: Learn what life on the homestead was all about at Washburn-Norlands Living History Center
Washburn-Norlands Living History Center is a celebration of the lives of the Washburn brothers, who were each accomplished politicians and businessmen in the 1800s.