Taking a whale-watching tour should be on everyone’s bucket list. Seeing these majestic, awe-inspiring creatures in their ...

Fortunately, Maine has other small and scenic waterfront towns that rival Bar Harbor in natural beauty ... round as visitors spot humpback and minke whales in summer and hundreds of shorebirds ...

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden, “The Eyrie,” Seal Harbor, Maine. c. 1930s ... pine and spruce trees stretches to the outskirts of Bar Harbor. Beyond that seacoast village, yachts and ...

My first whale watch did not go well. At the time I was a student in meteorology at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine on Mount Desert Island. It was the Fourth of July — a holiday for ...

A charming coastal community in Maine has ... evenings in Bar Harbor. The best nighttime establishment, according to the travel website, is comedy club ImprovAcadia. The Thirsty Whale Tavern ...

Nonetheless, they are believed to live up to eighty years. Humpback Whale – Bar Harbor, Maine. Image by Jarek Tuszyński via Flickr At one time, the humpback whale was brought to the brink of ...

Weighing walkability, safety, activities and access to nature, here's a list of the best places to travel alone in the United States.

The Lobster House stands as an institution on Fisherman’s Wharf, where fishing boats unload their daily catch mere steps from your table. Their raw bar serves up oysters and clams so fresh they ...

Taking the No. 1 spot for best small town in the Northeast is Castine, a historic coastal town on Penobscot Bay.

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Bar Harbor Bankshares Inc. (BHB) on Thursday reported first-quarter net income of $10.2 million. The bank, based in Bar Harbor, Maine ...

A major study of humpback whale movement patterns across the North Atlantic basin is illuminating the behavior of at least ...