From State Historic Sites to wilderness relics you will find an abundant and rich history on land managed by the Bureau. From Lighthouses to forts to early settlements, Maine has seventeen official State Historic Sites and many other historic places that fall within the boundaries of State Parks and Public Lands.

Here is just a sample of the stories you will find.

Where Teddy Roosevelt became an outdoorsman and a conservationist

North America's oldest woolen mill

The nation's oldest blockhouse

The first ship ever built in North America

A thousand year old community on the Maine coast

10,000 years of Native American seafood dinners

The Popham Colony of 1607

A pair of steam locomotives "lost" in the middle of a forested wilderness.