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28 ❯❯ Top 10 New England Highlights

Portland and Casco
Bay, Maine

The motto of Maine’s largest city is Resurgam, or “I shall rise again,”
for good reason. Portland has burned down four times since its
foundation in 1633. Building codes set up after the 1866 Great Fire
created a legacy of handsome Victorian structures. Redevelop ment
has transformed the waterfront with dining and entertainment, and
former warehouses have become boutiques and galleries. A short
drive from downtown lie the parks and sandy beaches of Casco Bay.

Victoria
Portland Head Light and Fort
1 4
Williams Park
Mansion
Portland-born hotelier Maine’s oldest lighthouse, Portland Head (below)
Sylvester Morse (1816– was built in 1791 as part of Fort Williams. This
93) made his fortune in stately beacon marking the entrance to Casco Bay
New Orleans. The ela- is one of the world’s most photographed lighthouses.
borate Italianate manse
(below) he built in 1860
as his summer home
showed the folks back
home how well he’d done.

Crescent
Old Port
5 6
District
Beach State
The colorful shops of the Park
Old Port District (below) Spread out a blanket on
range from dealers in the mile-long arc of
Two Lights
2 antiques and fine crafts beach, go exploring for
State Park
to coffee roasters, candy shells, and take a dip to
Sandy dunes and rocky stores, and boutiques. appreciate the soft sand
points meet at this state Both fresh-caught and safe waters at this
park, named for a pair of lobsters and harbor park, which is favored by
19th-century lighthouses. island commu ters come Portland locals but little
ashore at the docks. known to travelers.
Windjammer
3
and Whale-
Watching Cruises
You might see humpback,
finback, and minke
whales roll in the water,
spout, and leap during a
4-hour whale-watch ing
trip, or view Portland
from Casco Bay on a
2-hour sail aboard
a gaff-rigged sloop.

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