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USN SERE School
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The US Navy's only cold weather Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) school is taught on 12,000 acres near Rangeley in northwestern Maine. Since 1962 almost 50,000 air crewmen and other personnel have completed SERE and Cold Weather Environmental Survival Training (CWEST).

Don McLean's House
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Don McLean, the legendary singer-songwriter lives here. He is most famous for his 1971 album "American Pie", containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent". His 1971 hit song "American Pie", is an 8.5-minute folk rock cultural touchstone about the loss of innocence of the early rock and roll generation. His other hit singles include "Vincent", "Dreidel", a rendition of Roy Orbison's "Crying", a rendition of the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You", and "Wonderful Baby". His composition "And I Love You So" has been sung by Elvis Presley, Perry Como, Helen Reddy, Glen Campbell, and others, and in 2000, Madonna had a hit with a rendition of "American Pie". In 2004, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In January 2018, BMI certified that "American Pie" and "Vincent" had reached five million and three million airplays respectively.
He was married to Carol Sauvion from 1969 to 1972. They had two children together. He was married Patrisha Shnier from 1987 to 2016. They also had two children. Towards the end of their marriage, Don was arrested on charges of domestic abuse. He entered an Alfred plea in July 2016 and paid a nominal fine. McLean has had a spotty past with some difficulties over the course of his career. Incredibly, McLean has shown his dark side in other incidents, but it remains a difficult time.
This incredible career has earned Don McLean a net worth of $50 Million. The song "American Pie" is played around the world on radio hundreds of times per day, every day. Decades later, McLean earns $300,000 – $500,000 per year in royalties off his hit. Since 1990 he his catalogue has been represented by Universal Music Publishing Group. In 2018 he re-upped with UMPG with $4.5 million administration deal. Don McLean's primary residence is this 300-acre estate estate in Camden, Maine. He also owns several homes in California.

Bush Compound
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This is where George H.W. Bush spent much of his childhood. He purchased it from his cousin, George Herbert Walker, Jr. in 1977 It has served as the summer home for the Bush family for years.

Stephen King's House
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The author lives here part-time.

Glenn Close's House
The singer and actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known for her role as a deranged stalker in "Fatal Attraction" (1987), lives here with her husband, David Shaw. She has won an Emmy Award, 3 Tony Awards, and 2 Golden Globes; she has been nominated for 5 Academy Awards and a further 8 Emmys, and 9 Golden Globes.

Martha Stewart's house
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Martha Stewart is a business magnate, writer, and television personality. In 2005, she appeared on the Forbes list of 400 wealthiest Americans, with a net worth of $970 million. The 60+ acres estate, known as Skylands, was developed in 1925 for Edsel Ford, whose father, Henry was the auto magnate who founded Ford Motor Company. The 35,000 sq ft home was purchased in by Stewart in 1997 from the Leede family of Denver, who runs Leede Exploration, an oil and gas firm.

John Travolta & Kelly Preston's House
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This is the power couples vacation home in Maine.

Stephen King's house
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Susan Collins' House
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Susan Collins is the senior United States Senator from Maine, serving in the republican party.

Anna Kendrick's Childhood Home
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Anna Kendrick is an American actress and singer. She rose to international fame after her performance as Natalie Keener in Up in the Air (2009), for which she received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. She played Dinah Lord in the Broadway musical High Society (1998), for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. Her other notable roles include Fritzi Wagner in Camp (2003), Jessica Stanley in The Twilight Saga (2008–11), Stacey Pilgrim in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Beca Mitchell in Pitch Perfect (2012), and Janet in End of Watch (2012).

Telstar Earth Station Andover (ME)
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Satellite communications facility in northwest Maine.
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Jon Fishman's House
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The Phish drummer purchased this historic 1820's era farmhouse with 900 acre working farm in 2009 in Lincolnville, Maine, and currently lives here with his wife Briar and 5 children. In June of 2017 he was elected to the town board and in October, opened the Lincolnville General Store in the town center.

Stephen King's Home
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This is a secondary residence of Stephen King and wife Tabitha King. The King's own approximately 80 acres in the surrounding area. Their daughter, Naomi King resides in the house adjacent to this property. Tabitha King is the officially registered owner of the property.

Robert and Millicent Monk's House
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Robert is founder of the world's largest shareholder activism firm, as well as founder of multiple banks and telecom companies; he attended Harvard and Oxford and is a descendant of founders of GE and AT&T.
Millicent is an author and heiress to the carnegie mellon family fortune.

Stockard Channing's House
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The Tony, SAG, and Emmy Award winning actress, best known for playing Betty Rizzo in the film Grease and First Lady Abbey Bartlet on the NBC television series The West Wing owns this home.

Mitchell Rales' house
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Mitchell Rales is a billionaire executive, philanthropist and art collector whose primary residence is a 125-acre estate in Potomac, Md., near Washington, D.C. He also owns homes in New York City and near Vail, Colo. Rales founded a company, which turned into Danaher, whose products are concentrated in the fields of design, manufacture, and marketing of industrial and consumer products. His brother, Steven, another multi-billionaire, is the Chairman and CEO. In 2013, his net worth was reported at $3.9 billion. This home is believed to be the most expensive in the state of Maine.

Daryl Hall's House
Daryl Hall is an American rock, R&B and soul singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates (with co-founder/guitarist/songwriter John Oates).

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Seavey Island)
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The yard was established in June 1800, making it the oldest continuously-operating shipyard of the Navy. Its first ship was the 74-gun ship of the line Washington, launched in 1814.
It is also the home of "The Castle", a former military prison which derives its name from the resemblance to a medieval castle. This building was the primary prison for the Navy and Marine Corps, as well as housing many German U-Boat crews after capture, until it closed in 1974.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard

Robert W Crispin's House
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Mr. Crispin was, until retirement, a member of ING Americas Executive Committee, which is responsible for all of ING Group’s insurance, banking and investment management activities in North and South America. From 2001 until the end of 2007, when he retired, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ING Investment Management Americas and was responsible for ING Mutual Funds, ING Institutional Markets and ING Group’s insurance operations in Brazil, Chile and Peru.
Prior to joining ING Group in 2001, Mr. Crispin was an Executive Vice-President of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. Over the past 34 years, he has held senior positions with a number of major insurance and financial service companies. These include Travelers Companies where he was Vice Chairman, and Lincoln National Corporation where he was Executive Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer. He has led a variety of units including investment, finance, distribution, international operations and technology.
Mr. Crispin received a B.A. from Wesleyan University and an MBA from the University of Connecticut. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Maine Central Railroad Rigby Yard Turntable and Roundhouse
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Rigby Yard was the base of the Maine Central Railroad, and the location of the interchange with the Boston and Maine line. Rigby Yard was built in 1923 on the site of a former horse racing track. By the 1980s, 75,000 cars a year were coming into Rigby Yard.

Rob Derhak's House
The bass guitarist for the jam band "moe." lives here. He is one of the founding members. The homes of guitarists Al Schnier and Chuck Garvey are also mapped on this site.

Kirstie Alley's House
The actress owns this home on the island of Isleboro, which she purchased in 2003 for $1.15M.

Over-The-Horizon Radar - Moscow
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AN/FPS-118 eastern transmitter
The US Air Force's over-the-horizon-backscatter (OTH-B) air defense radar system is by several criteria the largest radar system in the world. Six one-million-watt OTH radars see far beyond the range of conventional microwave radars by bouncing their 5-28-MHz waves off the ionosphere, an ionized layer about 200 km above the earth. It was developed over 25 years at a cost of $1.5 billion to warn against Soviet bomber attacks when the planes were still thousands of miles from US air space.
Now in "warm storage."
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Bobby Monks' house
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Robert C.S. Monks is a real estate developer and director of MaineToday Media, whose assets include the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, the largest newspaper in the state.

Howard Goldenfarb's House
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Global Real Estate Executive Howard A. Goldenfarb lives in this oceanfront home in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Nexrad Weather Radar
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Doppler radar tower near Portland, Maine, part of the US-wide Nexrad weather radar system. NOAA has a KML file listing the locations of all the radars in the Nexrad system:
www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/nexrad.kmz

Fort Knox
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(Not the one with the gold.)
Fort Knox, Maine's largest historic fort, features stunning military architecture and master granite craftsmanship. Constructed between 1844 and 1864 by master craftsmen and never fully completed, this is an unaltered example of a large mid-19th century granite coastal fortification. It is also New England's finest unmodified specimen of military architecture of the period.
The fort was strategically located on the narrows of the Penobscot River to protect the river valley from naval attack. Although it never saw combat, Fort Knox was garrisoned during the Civil and Spanish American Wars.
Fort Knox bears the distinction of being Maine's first granite fort. About 500 troops from Connecticut were stationed here during the Spanish-American War. They lived outside the main fort structure in large tents. Today, visitors can stroll the grounds of this great fort and learn about the rich history of the troops who served to protect American interests during the 1800s.

Neil Clark Warren's House
Neil Clark Warren is a clinical psychologist, Christian theologian, seminary professor, chairman and co-founder of the online relationship sites eHarmony and Compatible Partners.
He recently listed his 12,000 sqft home for sale for $6.85M.

Fortune Rock by George Howe
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Built in 1939 for Clara Fargo Thomas, a painter.
Featured in "Tomorrow's Houses" by Alexander Gorlin:
Further discussion of the house:

Bath Iron Works
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Bath Iron Works is a dense industrial shipyard complex covering around 60 acres on the Kennebek River, and is the largest private employer in the state of Maine. The yard has been producing vessels for the Navy for over 100 years. Recent projects at the shipyard include a series of large AEGIS-class ships, including Destroyers, and 563 foot long guided missile-equipped cruisers. Facilities at the yard include two principal construction berths, each with massive cranes that can lift as much as 220 tons. A new, 750 foot long drydock was added in 2001, part of a $240 million expansion program at the yard. There are additional BIW facilities in Portland, Maine, and at the Harding Plant in West Brunswick. Bath Iron Works is owned by one of the nation's largest defense contractors, General Dynamics.

Bryan Cadieux's House
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Brian Cadieux is an experienced senior executive with more than 20 years of management, business development, and partnership marketing experience in the payments industry. Prior to founding Alliance in 2000, Brian was a principal in a merchant banking partnership, serving on the board and as the senior executive of portfolio companies in the financial services, marketing, real estate, and agriculture fields.
Brian also served as a senior executive at The Kessler Group where he was responsible for partnership program new business development in the college and university and co-branded markets on behalf of financial institutions such as MBNA America, Household, and Fleet. He was also responsible for KFS' partnership insurance program in the university marketplace. Brian is a graduate of Babson College.

Prospect Harbor Naval Satellite Operations Station
Part of the Satellite Control Network (SCN).

1963 Elephant Mountain B-52 crash site
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On 24 January 1963 a United States Air Force Boeing B-52C Stratofortress with nine crew members on board lost its vertical stabilizer due to buffeting stresses during turbulence at low altitude and crashed on Elephant Mountain in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States, six miles (9.7 km) from Greenville. The pilot and the navigator survived the accident.

Rudolf F. Haffenreffer, IV's House
Rudolf F. Haffenreffer, IV is the son of Rudolf F. Haffenreffer, III, who was a Rhode Island industrialist and philanthropist. Among his numerous family enterprises he was best known for his role as president and chairman of the Narragansett Brewing Company.

"Mole Hole" at former Loring AFB
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The "Mole Hole" was the alert facility, where air crews lived next to their bombers for up to a week at a time. The building is located adjoining the "Christmas Tree", the alert apron where the bombers were stationed. Tunnels and tubes provided speedy egress from the building and access to the aircraft.

Beech Ridge Motor Speedway
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From http://www.beechridge.com/index1.shtml:
The third-mile asphalt oval facility is renowned across the nation as a leader in the short track racing field. Frequently, it is rated by visitors and race industry professionals as one of the top five short tracks in the United States.
Beech Ridge is one of only 80 short tracks in the country distinctive enough to earn NASCAR's sanctioning rights. NASCAR--the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing--sanctions all of the Speedway's Saturday night Weekly Racing Series events. Beech Ridge offers four fast race divisions: NASCAR Pro Series; Sport Series; Wildcats and Road Runners.

Weapons Storage Area, Brunswick Naval Air Station
This is/was the munitions magazine at NAS Brunswick. However, the access gates are not visible, and the site does not look secured. Does anyone know the status?

Jonathan Edwards' House
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Jonathan Edwards (born July 28, 1946; Aitkin, Minnesota) is an American musician and singer-songwriter.

Joe Lockhart's House
Joe Lockhart is a spokesman and communications consultant, best known for being the nineteenth White House Press Secretary from October 5, 1998 to September 29, 2000, during the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: Ray-Smith family
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Season 5, episode 10. Aired 01/03/2008.

York's Wild Kingdom

Bangor International Airport
Former Dow Air Force Base.

Cumberland County Civic Center
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Built in 1977. Home of the Portland Pirates minor league hockey team.

Seven Hundred Acre Island
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Located in Penobscot Bay not far from the seaside town of Lincolnville.
(Darn! This was supposed to be my 700th map. Whoops.)

AN/FRD-10 Winter Harbor
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Maine Governor's Mansion

Oxford Plains Speedway
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3/8 mile stock car racing oval track. Opened in 1950 as a 1/2 mile dirt track. Replaced by a 1/3 mile paved track in 1961 and enlarged in 1992. In the 60's, this track held NASCAR Grand National races.

USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000)
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Eartha - the world's largest rotating globe
Eartha is a 3-dimensional scale model of our earth with mountains and landforms in full 3D, that rotates and revolves, simulating the earth’s real movements. Eartha was given the title of "World's Largest Revolving/Rotating Globe" by the editors of the Guinness Book of World Records in 1999, and still holds that record today. It measures 41.5 ft in diameter. Unveiled July 23, 1998 Eartha took two years to build and represents earth as it is seen from space. It rotates and revolves on a specially designed and built mechanized, cantilever arm.
The official measurements of Eartha were made for Guinness by several independent and licensed surveyors who found the Globe to measure 41 feet, one and one-half inches, slightly less than the rounded figure of 42 feet that was projected by DeLorme staff members. Still, 41' 1.5" was more than enough to surpass the former record-holder, the Globe of Peace in Apeccio, Pesaro, Italy (which is 33 feet in diameter and does not revolve or rotate).

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard's primary mission is the overhaul, repair and modernization of Los Angeles-class submarines. The shipyard is preparing for the next generation, the Virginia-class submarines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard

Skelton Dam
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The Skelton Dam is an embankment dam on the Saco River in Buxton, Maine. It is located about 7 mi (11 km) northwest of Saco and Biddeford. The dam was completed in 1948 with the primary purpose of hydroelectric power generation. The largest fish lift in Maine was completed on the dam in 2001. The dam and facilities are owned by Florida Power & Light.

William B. Ruger Jr.'s House "Eegonos aka East of Eden"
William B. Ruger Jr. is the son of the late William B. Ruger Sr., owner and creator of the Ruger & Company, which created the Ruger Standard, the most popular .22 caliber target pistol ever made in the United States.
Ruger Jr. owns this estate, originally built for Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Ladd by architect Guy Lowell. The home was originally called 'Eegonos', a reversal of the name of the original home which sat on this property, which was destroyed in a fire. More recently, the home has been called 'East of Eden'. The Ladd family owned the home until 1949. From 1959 to 1975, the home was used as housing for a French language school. The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Airplane over the Ocean in Maine
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Training Ship State of Maine / former USNS Tanner (T-AGS-40)
The USNS Tanner (T-AGS-40), was built for the United States Navy as a fast Oceanographic Research Vessel in 1990.
The ship lay idle in the James River Reserve Fleet until 1996 when she began a conversion process. The sister ship, Maury (T-AGS-39), is now the third vessel of the name TS Golden Bear.
She was delivered to Maine Maritime Academy on 6 June 1997.
Today Maine Maritime students in majors leading to a USCG Third Assistant Engineer (Marine Engineering Operations, Marine Engineering Technology, and Marine Systems Engineering majors) or USCG Third Mate (Marine Transportation Operations major) licenses participate in training cruises aboard the TS State of Maine.

Mark Kryder's House
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Mark Kryder is an accomplished electrical engineer know for 'Kryder's Law (see Scientific American link below).

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: The Goodale family
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Season 3, episode 9. Aired 11/13/2005.

Babb's Covered Bridge
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The Babb's Bridge is one span Queenpost truss with a total length of 79 feet. It carries Covered Bridge Road over a the Presumpscott River. It is located south of Windham. This historic bridge was built in 1843 was reconstructed in 1976 after being destroyed by fire in 1973.

Aquaboggan Waterpark - Saco, ME
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Portland Pipeline Corporation tanks
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Naval Air Station Brunswick
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Islesboro
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The island of Islesboro in Penobscot Bay, Maine.

Deer Isle
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Onawa train wreck
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The Onawa train wreck was a fatal railroad accident that happened two miles west of Onawa, Maine on December 20, 1919, and killed 23 people.

Remnants of the Oriental Powder Mills
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Oriental Powder Company was a gunpowder manufacturer with mills located on the Presumpscot River in Gorham and Windham, Maine. The company was one of the four largest suppliers to Union forces through the American Civil War.

Submerged lock for Cumberland and Oxford Canal
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Whitney Locks. Now under Dundee Pond

Nubble lighthouse
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Picturesque tourist attraction a the end of the Nubble peninsula in York Beach, Maine.

Lady Pepperell House
Lady Pepperrell House was built in 1760 for the widow of Sir William Pepperrell at Kittery Point in Kittery, Maine. Located opposite the Congregational Church, it borders the Kittery Point Cemetery. The walls are clapboard. There are Ionic pilasters, two stories high, that frame the door. The windows are deep enough to allow space for inside shutters. Later editions include piazzas at either end. The first floor has a spacious center hall and great fireplaces and fine woodwork. The rooms include a living room, drawing room and dining room that lead to the kitchen ell. There is a separate two-bedroom carriage house. The second floor includes five chambers. There are four bedrooms, two and a half baths. The house was furnished with Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Sheraton and Duncan Phyfe. There was fine glass, china, mirrors and paintings, throughout.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge
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Built in 1973;
crosses the Androscoggin River and Boxer Island,
connecting Lewiston to Auburn.

Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 crash site
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Mary Bolton's Summer House
Mary P. Bolton is the widow of Kenyon C. Bolton, a philanthropist, military officer, and diplomat, who served as Special Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to France (1949-52) and as Honorary French Consul (1975-80), among other positions. She also has two houses on an estate in Palm Beach, Florida

Bruce Bent's House
Bruce Bent is an invetment advisor.
Bent also owns the historic home, Hogarcito, built by Marion Sims Wyeth, located in Palm Beach, FL which is also mapped on this site.

Spud Speedway
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Northern Maine is known for growing potatoes, for which this 1/4 mile paved oval race track is named. Stock cars have gathered to race here since 1964. The track has also gone by the names of Caribou Motor Speedway, Challenger International Raceway, and Aroostook County International Speedway.

Sunday River Ski resort
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Al Hoffman's House
Al Hoffman is a businessman and politician who is the former ambassador to Portugal.

Hadlock Field
Capacity 6500. Home of the Portland Sea Dogs.

Whaleback Light
This lighthouse can be seen from many spots on shore, including Fort Foster in Kittery, Fort Constitution, Fort Stark, and Great Island Common in New Castle, NH, and Odiorne Point in Rye, NH. The lighthouse is accessible only by boat and is closed to the public.

North River Depot
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The Nuclear Weapons Storage Area at Loring once operated as a separate, top secret facility. Originally called the North River Depot, the remote area to the northeast of Loring’s property was the first U.S. Operational site specifically constructed for the storage, assembly, and testing of atomic weapons.

Desert of Maine
Geologists have established that a glacier that slid through the area 11,000 years ago-at the end of the last Ice Age or Pleistocene Period - left behind the sand and mineral deposits that today comprise the Desert of Maine.
Scientists and writers the world over have attested to the Desert's authenticity. The natural phenomenon has been accorded recognition by such notables as Walter Winchell in his New York Daily News column and in Ripley's Believe It or Not. Also featured in Deserts of America, a Universal documentary.

Hannaford Brothers Corporate Headquarters
A lot has changed since 1883 – the year Arthur Hannaford began selling high-quality fruits & vegetables from a produce cart on the Portland, Maine, waterfront. That one-horse cart became Hannaford Supermarkets, a leading grocer serving customers throughout Northern New England and New York.
Times change, but our customers still expect the highest-quality produce, meat and deli products; good prices and great value; and first-class customer service.
Number of stores: Over 170
Number of associates: Over 26,000
Service area: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont
Affiliation: Hannaford is owned by Belgium-based Delhaize Group. One of the world’s largest food retailers, Delhaize Group owns and operates more than 2,500 stores globally, including U.S. supermarkets Food Lion, Sweetbay, Bloom, Bottom Dollar and Harvey’s.
Distribution: Hannaford operates state-of-the-art distribution centers in South Portland, Maine; Schodack, New York; and Winthrop, Maine.
Transportation: Founded in 1982 to supply Hannaford’s growing retail business, Hannaford Trucking Company features an elite team of drivers and a knowledgeable dispatch staff employing state-of-the-art technology. It is a licensed irregular-route common carrier with authority to transport general commodities in 48 states.

L1649A Super Constellation Starliners

McIntire Garrison House
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McIntire Garrison House is an historic house in York, Maine.
The house was built in 1707 and added to the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1968.

"Mole Hole" at Bangor IAP
The "Mole Hole" was the alert facility, where air crews lived next to their bombers for up to a week at a time. Bangor International Air Port was the former Dow Air Force Base. The building is located within the "Christmas Tree" area where the bombers were stationed.

Portland International Jetport (PWM)
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Former Radar Site
Caswell Air Force Station (P-80/Z-80) was active from 1952 to 1980.

Baseball Diamonds at a private home
I drive by this home on my commute. They have a real commitment to youth sports.

Scott LoBaido "Flags Across America" roof
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Maine

Morse/Libby House AKA Victoria Mansion
Also known as the Morse-Libby House, the Mansion was built between 1858 and 1860 as a summer home for Ruggles Sylvester Morse, a Maine native who made his fortune in New Orleans as the proprietor of luxury hotels.

Abandoned Radar Site
Charleston Air Force Station (P-65) was active from 1952 to 1979

Fort Foster
The land for Fort Foster, located on the southwest tip of Gerrish Island in Kittery, Maine, was acquired by the federal government in 1872, making this fort the last of the "old" forts that were built in the Portsmouth area.

Old Orchard Beach Pier
Three versions of the Pier were constructed by man and modified by nature. The first, 1,770 feet (540 m) long, was built of steel in 1898. At its end was the Pier Casino, a ballroom with room for 5,000 dancers. Shortly after its completion a storm reduced its length by 150 feet (46 m). It was rebuilt, but ten years later, after another storm, the pier was shortened to 700 feet (210 m) and the Casino was moved. In the interwar period, the Casino hosted such acts as Guy Lombardo, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Xavier Cugat, and Frank Sinatra. After the war Old Orchard became somewhat downscale, becoming known as a destination for blue-collar partygoers. A fire in 1969 destroyed Noah's Ark, the two carousels, and the Jack and Jill slide. The Casino was demolished in 1970, and a storm destroyed what was left of the pier in 1978. The current incarnation of the pier was built in 1980 and can be seen here

Million Dollar Bridge
The Million Dollar Bridge was a bascule bridge built in 1916 which carried traffic on Route 77 over the Fore River in Maine between Portland and South Portland.
Permits to construct the Million Dollar Bridge were issued by the Secretary of War in 1893. The bridge was designed in 1914 and opened to traffic in 1916. The bascule span provided a horizontal clearance of 100 ft (30.5 m). Originally owned by Cumberland County, the bridge was transferred to the Maine Department of Transportation in 1959.
In 1993, construction began on the higher Casco Bay Bridge; the new bridge is on a new alignment just east of the original bridge, and is also a bascule bridge. During construction of the new bridge, the Million Dollar Bridge was hit by the Liberian Tankship Julie N. on September 27, 1996, and emergency repairs were made. The Casco Bay Bridge opened in 1997.

Cornelius McGinn's house
Dr. Cornelius J Mcginn is a radiation oncologist.

Orgonon and Wilhelm Reich Museum
Home and research laboratory of psychologist Wilhelm Reich:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reich

B&M Baked Beans
Parabellum (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Parabellum.
Burnham & Morrill Co., a widely known Portland, Maine landmark, has been in the canning business for more than a century. Back in 1867, George Burnham, who previously had been a partner in the canning firm of Rumery & Burnham, started his own business and was joined by John E. Burnham and Charles Morrill.
For nearly 50 years, the company was owned by the Burnham family, but in 1910 George B. Morrill, Sr. bought out the Burnham's interest and soon after, B&M moved from 13 Franklin Street, Portland, to its present site on Casco Bay. In 1965, the address of the B&M plant was redesigned as "One Bean Pot Circle." Since the company's beginnings in 1867, the excellence of B&M products has been recognized both nationally and internationally, a fact attested to by the numerous medals and awards received over the years from U.S. and world trade expositions.

7 Wonders of God Creatures
Jerry Cardone has adorned his seven-acre property with likenesses of Bigfoot and Santa, as well as flying saucers, totem poles, and dinosaurs. He's been abducted by aliens many times. He says he's building a park for children; good luck with that. Most parents would run screaming from Jerry's place.

Vinalhaven Island
aicra (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: aicra.

Dragon Cement Works
Dragon Products' Thomaston cement plant is the only cement manufacturing facility in New England. Dragon produces Types I, II, and III cement, as well as light and dark masonry cement (Type N), Type S masonry cement, and a blended cement/limestone mortar mix (Dragonblend).

Former Communications Bunker & Shelter
This former Cold War bunker is now the Piscataquis County Emergency Operations Center and home of the Piscataquis Amateur radio Club, K1PQ. The antennas, barely discernible in the image, include that of the National Weather Service transmitter, KHB-54.
http://www.k1pq.org/photos/2008fd/2008fd.shtml

Christmas Cove, Boothbay Harbor

Roundhouse
Structure belongs to the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad, a narrow-gauge tourist railroad.
http://srrl-rr.org/