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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FJRMaineiac" data-source="post: 1467341" data-attributes="member: 1061">A couple of my favorite stops along the coast include Fort Edgecomb, a War of 1812 wood blockhouse constructed to protect the Sheepscot river and the town of Wiscasset, formerly a trade up, from foreign invaders.  It is the best maintained structure of its type left in the country (or so they proclaim).  Built in 1808 - 1809, it was in service until 1816, and then idle until the Civil War.  While it didn't see any real action then, it was staffed.  Further up the coast is one of my favorite Maine lighthouses at Pemaquid Point.  Always great to stop and sit on the rocks listening to the waves roll in.  In the thumbnail view of the video, there is a small storage building that is being reconstructed.  This was a brick building that housed some information about the fishing trade in the area.  It took some severe damage during a storm last year and they are basically having to re-build the building.I hope you enjoy the video.[MEDIA=youtube]4wpQyjKhiQ0[/MEDIA]</blockquote>