Mount Desert Island has attracted scoundrels and scandals for more than 100 years. Steady as the tide, every summer brings a rush of summer residents from easte

A tribute to the days before the Great Fire of 1947, when many of America's and Europe's wealthiest families summered in Bar Harbor. Photographs of 86 of these

New England is so compact that even casual visitors can sample its diverse history in just a short time. But travelers and residents alike can also pass right b

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