Fort Kent is a small town in northern Maine’s Aroostook County, sitting right on the Canadian border where the Fish River meets the Saint John River. It marks the northern end of U.S. Route 1, the highway that runs all the way down to Key West, Florida. That “America’s First Mile” monument draws plenty of … Read more
Fort McClary is a state historic site in Kittery Point, Maine. A hexagonal blockhouse, granite walls, and old cannons overlook the mouth of the Piscataqua River from here. This land has served as a defense since the late 1600s. Soldiers served here during five wars: the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American War, … Read more
Fort William Henry is a reconstructed stone fort at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site in New Harbor, Bristol, Maine. It’s open to visitors during the warm-weather season. The tower and low walls you see today were built in 1908. They’re meant to represent the original fort from 1692. That first fort was one of the … Read more
Maine has its own Fort Knox. It sits on the west bank of the Penobscot River in Prospect, right across from Bucksport. Visitors actually get two attractions in one stop: a granite Civil War-era fort, built starting in 1844, and the Penobscot Narrows Observatory, an elevated deck about 420 feet above the river. The fort … Read more