PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • December 12, 2025
Most travel writers recommend that visitors stop in Portland for a meal at a buzzy restaurant or a stroll through the shops of the Old Port. National Geographic, however, wants tourists to consider destinations farther afield. “You haven’t been to Maine until you’ve visited these small towns,” the publication declared this week. The list includes Bar Harbor and Camden — two towns often pictured on postcards. Ten miles off the mainland, Monhegan Island is well known to painters and naturalists. Skiers know Rangeley, of course. But the list includes some destinations Mainers might know and out-of-towners might not, such as Brooklin, Brunswick and Greenville.