Nature Beckons
Is Isle au Haut the most beautiful spot on Earth? Hop a mail boat and see for yourself
I nod. Maine has many picturesque coastal villages. Yet that beauty has led to inevitable changes. Fishing becomes secondary to tourism; canneries yield to boutiques. Not on Isle au Haut. Much of the island is still wild, seemingly untouched by modernity.
There are those who love the big sky of the American West, but to me it is this place--with its perfect little rocky beaches that you can take in at one glance--that is the most beautiful place on Earth.
LOCAL FAVE
"The Bagaduce Lunch in Brooksville, a '40s-era takeout joint the size of a no-frills mobile home, is located on the edge of the Bagaduce Falls and serves up what might be the best bellies-and-all fried clams, onion rings, and fried haddock in Maine."
HEIDI JULAVITS, a novelist who splits her time between Manhattan and Brooksville, Maine
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Isle au Haut
Augusta
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