The museum has a great permanent collection, and new exhibits monthly. It punches well above its weight, given its size.
Bub, this is your chance to get your raggedy middle school backpack fixed ONSITE by the same people who made it. Grab a pair of duck boots or, better yet, pick up a brand new shotgun. The L.L. Bean flagship store has it all -- 24 hours a day, 365 days a year! (Also great for last minute wedding gifts!)
We went here for our first date -- no joke! Wander the trails, partake of the food trucks, rent a kayak, or simply take in the views. This is one of the prettiest public parks in the country.
Reserve a golf cart or a bicycle on the island and take one of the hourly ferries out to Peaks Island for a morning or afternoon of restorative island adventure. Did you forget to book a golf cart or bicycle and go there anyway? Realize that you don't want to literally just walk around this island for several hours? Don't worry about it! Have an ice cream and a smile -- the next ferry back to the mainland is leaving soon!
Take in Portland's charming and historic downtown by foot. Buy your "Made in Maine" t-shirts, grab some lobster rolls, and admire the architecture. There are plenty of tchotchkes for the whole family!
Swim! Surf! Keep your eyes peeled for the petrified stern of the shipwrecked Howard W. Middleton, which crashed ashore in 1897.
Swim! (The warmest saltwater swimming option)
Swim!
Spectacular rocky state park. Straight out of a Winslow Homer painting. Bring some charcoal and some hotdogs -- the grills are gratis.
Are you looking for a weird fort with a lighthouse and a picnic area? Man, have we got the park for you.
Feast your eyes on the Quebecois Riviera. Looking for the world's best broken down boardwalk? How about some fried dough and mini golf? Wanna get wasted on a ferris wheel and drown in the Atlantic? Well, you're in luck! OOB has got it all!
Take a tour of the oldest graveyard in Portland, where Tom serves as Vice President for Spirits Alive, a nonprofit friends group devoted to the preservation of the cemetery.
Get your Mulder and Scully on at the Cryptozoology Museum, the only cryptozoology museum in the world, because, like, c'mon, this isn't a real thing, is it? But it is! It really is! And it's worth every penny!
So you're at the wedding and they ran out of booze. You can't get an Uber for an hour and you've been asked to leave. Bub, we get it. We've been there. Head on down to Junction Bowl for a pint of lager and big-ball bowling. Don't fancy yourself a bowler? No problem! There's an arcade there, too.