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Kennebec Range Lights

Kennebec Range Lights – Arrowsic, ME

Maine / Megan

Yesterday was Maine Open Lighthouse Day, so we headed up the coast to the Bath area to check out a few lighthouses. You’ll notice there are two lighthouses above, one of which is up a pathway, on land. The idea is that a ship coming up the Kennebec should see the further light’s light on […]

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Fort Williams Park and Portland Headlight

Fort Williams Park – Cape Elizabeth, ME

Maine / Megan

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Fall flowers

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens – Boothbay, ME

Maine / Megan

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Gilsland Farm

Gilsland Farm, Maine Audubon – Falmouth, ME

Maine / Megan

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Egret

Scarborough Marsh – Scarborough, ME

Maine / Megan

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Turtles

Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – Sudbury, MA

New England / Megan

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Beacon Hill, Boston

Beacon Hill – Boston, MA

New England / Megan

Our second Historic New England stop was Otis House, which sits right at the foot of Beacon Hill, in Boston.    What I didn’t know about Beacon Hill was that it was once one of three mountains in this part of Boston.  The other two were taken apart for fill, and Beacon Hill itself had about

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Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House

Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House – Gloucester, MA

New England / Megan

We joined Historic New England last year (our gateway being Hamilton House).     We’ve worked our way through several Maine and New Hampshire properties, and decided to take advantage of a friend’s cookout in the Boston area to add a few Massachusetts properties to the list.     The first was Beauport, which ended up being

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Birds at Scarborough Marsh

Scarborough Marsh – Scarborough, ME

Maine / Megan

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Mackworth Island State Park

Mackworth Island State Park – Falmouth, ME

Maine / Megan

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