Rufus Porter Museum and Cultural Heritage Center in Bridgton, Maine, USA brings to life the world and inspiring works of Rufus Porter, an American artist and inventor with a fascinating history. Rufus designed over 100 inventions, and patented many of them, and was instrumental in designing and airship, constructing his first model in 1833, often ridiculed for his ideas he played an important part in the history of aerial navigation. The Rufus Porter Museum and Cultural Heritage Center has a museum store with books, souvenirs and arts available for shipping, and is housed in a historical building, the Webb House.READ MORE

Gallery 302 is an Artists Cooperative in Bridgton, Maine, USA featuring works by artists and artisans in a beautiful variety of media and they are open daily. They host art shows and special events, and the gift shop at the back of the gallery is filled with matted and framed reproductions of original painting, pottery, fused and stained glass items, fiber art, wooden ware, note cards, hand painted silk scarves and many other unique and beautiful gifts. Gallery 302 also hosts classes and workshops with spring and summer classes held at the Arts Center, come expand your creativity and showcase your own works here.READ MORE

The Ski Hive Luxury Mountain Log Home is located on the trailside way in the Shawnee Peak Ski area and Moose Pond in Bridgton, Maine, USA. This beautiful and spacious multi season home offers immediate access to the mountains giving guests the ability to ski straight onto the trails. Great for summer and winter stays, there's also access to many lakes in the area, the closest being Moose Pond for water sports, boating and fishing. The Ski Hive Luxury Mountain Log Home is the perfect home away from home for a wonderful self catering stay in beautiful surrounds, and is fully furnished with wrap around deck affording gorgeous views.READ MORE

Bridgton Eye Care in Bridgton, Maine, USA helps you maintain one of your most valuable assets, your vision, and they have affordable rates and flexible payment plans for individuals without insurance. They improve and care for the vision of all Lake Region residents, and offer general eye care service to people of all ages, plus provide referrals for more complex vision problems. Bridgton Eye Care offers frame repair even if you didn't purchase from them, and also carry sunglasses that provide good UV protection, they have a variety of different lenses for your glasses including single vision, reading, bifocal, trifocal, progressive, no prescription lenses, sunglasses and computer lenses. They also do contact lenses with daily weekly and monthly disposables available, color lenses, bifocal and tonic lenses and rigid gas permeables, when it comes to eye care they have your covered.READ MORE

The Pleasant View, Too is a peaceful and beautiful country home with wonderful hosts in Bridgton, Maine, USA offering four seasons of activities in the Lakes Region of Maine. Come get back to nature and retreat from life or into life as they say, here you will find personal comfort with leather upholstered living room furniture, a wrap around porch offering incredible sunsets and country breakfasts to die for. The Pleasant View, Too offers beautiful rooms and suites with antique period furnishings, and they have great packages available year round, come for an unforgettable stay, find peace and yourself, it's all here.READ MORE

Sandbar Party Cruises offers unique pontoon charters from their Bridgton, Long Lake anchor location in the Lakes Region of Maine. Destination sandbar aboard their 22 foot party pontoon, they offer custom Caribbean style cruises with full day lake adventures and sunset cruises that capture the spirit of boating in paradise as they say. Sandbar Party Cruises are happy to stop at lakeside bars and restaurants along the way, and you are welcome to bring your meat and fish to grill on board, and the pontoon has a custom built bar stocked with soft drinks, fruit and mixers, there's comfortable lounge seating. Join your captains for an incredible charter experience, they will show you the beauty of Long Lake, the Causeway Bridge, Songo River and more, beaching the boat right on a large sandbar for a grill or relaxing in the sun.READ MORE

The Bridgton Historical Society in Bridgton, Maine, USA collects and preserves significant historical material encouraging the community to appreciate and understand the events history, traditions and customs of Bridgton, Maine yesteryear through exhibitions, publications and programs. They operate and maintain museums, historical properties and research facilities, and their headquarters are in an old firehouse which house the research facility. Narramissic, the Peabody-Fitch Farm owned by the Bridgton Historical Society was built all the way back in 1797 by William Peabody, and the barn came later, the property is houses in 25 acres of fields and has a remarkably well documented history and today is a museum offering a fun learning experience, come visit.READ MORE

The Holt Pond Preserve in Bridgton, Maine, USA offers a wonderful experience over the 400 acres and is located in starting at the parking area with the path taking you through a mixed forest of birch, beech, hemlock, and pine. There's a stone wall with red maple swamp behind featuring migrating birds in spring, and from there on to several hummocks and a nutrient rich glacial deposit and the Muddy River. The Holt Pond Preserve has fascinating plant eating insects, moose, minks, a resident beaver, fish and many other wild animals and plant life, there's also an overlook boardwalk that crosses over a quaking mat of sphagnum moss. Come appreciate the beauty of nature, revel in her wonders, and enjoy a wonderful visit in every season.READ MORE

Campfire Grille is on-site at the Pleasant Mountain Inn located in Bridgton, Maine, USA and is a family friendly full service restaurant offering a delicious menu of American comfort food in a wonderful atmosphere. There are craft beers on tap in the lounge and they serve creative cocktails, plus there are stunning views of Beaver Pond and outdoor seating is available in summer. Open for lunch and dinner, menus include great specials, soups, entrees, house specialties, burgers, pasta dishes, appetizers, flatbreads and more and there are kiddies choices and mouthwatering desserts to end the perfect meal. Campfire Grille has a function room for private events for up to 50 guests, with a team of talented chefs and party planners ready to make your event a success, or there are pick up party platter packages available for your location and venue, call them, they will guide you every step of the way.READ MORE

Standard Gastropub in Bridgton, Maine, USA is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner offering a new contemporary dining concept with a focus on gourmet takes on everyday street food. They come highly recommended, and their menu changes regularly, they have great daily specials and an all day bar menu, deli style or barbecue house smoked meats served on organic whole grain or sourdough buns with sides, and their wings are lovingly house brined, rubbed, smoked, fried, sauced and grilled with nightly flavors to choose from. Standard Gastropub offers a casual interior with wooden picnic tables and bar, are their burgers are simply delicious served with hand cut fries and dipping sauces, there's outdoor seating and lots of draft choices, and they host live music in summer, come for an unforgettable dining experience where they draw culinary influence from around the globe to support local agriculture.READ MORE