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Maine Best Attractions 2011
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BEST LOCAL PRESERVATION EFFORT
McCurdy's Smokehouse, Lubec
A smoky aroma lingers in America's last herring smokehouse, a collection of shingled buildings topping wharves extending into Lubec Narrows. Lubec Landmarks is restoring McCurdy's, filling the rustic spaces where the golden fish once dried with artifacts and photos detailing the town's heritage. 50 Water St. 207-733-2197; mccurdyssmokehouse.org
BEST FUN-TIQUING
Cornish Trading Company, Cornish
Antiques, junktiques, folk art, and funky finds fill Cornish Trading Company, a multivendor shop downtown, but don't stop when you're finished there. Independent and specialty shops selling everything from old signs to handmade bears, Maine tourmaline to Native American baskets, radiate from here. 19 Main St. 207-625-8387; cornishtrading.com
BEST GALLERY WITH A VIEW
Harvest Gold, Center Lovell
Hard to say which is better: the gold jewelry and other fine craftwork inside the gallery or the views outside over Kezar Lake to the mountains. 1082 Main St. (Route 5). 207-925-6502; harvestgoldgallery.com
BEST SCENTED SOUVENIR
Maine Balsam Fir Products, West Paris
Inhale deeply while pawing through the bargain bin and browsing the one-room balsam-scented store adjacent to the barn where the products are hand-crafted. Choose from pillows, oils, soaps, and more. Tours are available; just ask. 16 Morse Hill Road. 800-522-5726, 207-522-5726; mainebalsam.com
BEST SPORTS MUSEUM
Rangeley Outdoor Sporting Heritage Museum, Oquossoc
Fly Rod Crosby, Carrie Stevens, Herb Welch, Herb Ellis, and Ed Grant are among the sports luminaries whose stories are related in this new museum highlighting the region's fishing, boating, hunting, and sporting-camp heritage. Jct. Main & Richardson Sts. 207-864-3091; rangeleyoutdoormuseum.org
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