2008 So You Want to Live on the Coast Special Section

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Considered a walker’s paradise, downtown Portland is home to shops, cafés, and Maine’s largest art museum.
(Photo: Sara Gray)
Tucked away in downtown Portland, the Wadsworth-Longfellow House reopened in 2002 after an extensive renovation.
(Photo: Courtesy of J. David Bohl, Collection of Maine Historical Society)
If you happen to be in Maine in early August, check out the Maine Lobster Festival.
(Photo: Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn)
Step inside the state’s most famous store to see everything from furniture and bedding to Maine’s signature hunting boots.
(Photo: Courtesy of L.L. Bean)

Portland Museum of Art
Maine’s largest museum features 15,000 pieces in its permanent collection, and is home to works by Winslow Homer and Andrew Wyeth. If you are in Portland between June 28 and October 8, 2007, check out the exhibit “Frank Lloyd Wright and the House Beautiful.” Visit portlandmuseum.org.

The Wadsworth-Longfellow House
On Portland's Congress Street, tour the childhood home of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Be sure to visit the Colonial Revival garden behind the house (open May through October). The house remains open to the public May to December. Visit mainehistory.org or call 207/774-1822.

Maine Lobster Festival
The town of Rockland (a couple of hours north of Portland) comes alive with a parade, arts and crafts, a lobster race, and a cooking contest. The festival runs August 1 to August 5, 2007. Visit mainelobsterfestival.com.

L.L. Bean
Every once in a while we get a midnight craving for a monogrammed canvas boat tote or a pair of classic waterproof boots. Located in downtown Freeport, the flagship L.L. Bean store remains open 24 hours a day. Visit llbean.com or call 207/373-2700.

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