Maine

Workers pour buckets of red thermoplastic powder into kayak-shaped molds, preparing them for the 20-foot-long cylindrical oven at Old Town Canoe Co. in Old Town, Maine (pop. 8,130).

The bond between animals and people

Where food, not fanfare, is today's special

It's all aboard again, thanks to 5 men, a town, and 700 volunteers

How to keep what you grow

America's sweetest music often can be found at home

Dan Pease, wife Kathy, and several eager passengers enjoy sailing aboard the Lewis R. French

Creative preservation efforts coupled with environmental awareness and education are paving the way for more community involvement in the maintenance of lighthouses.

Many towns have learned that a volunteer fire department enables it to spend its limited funds on equipment, not salaries—though sometimes the equipment isn’t grand.

The real places, the places with a sense of self, are holding their own against a tide of malls and franchises—often deliberately, often by fortune.