Salt offers a guide on Maine's historic inns.

There was a time when Maine was marketed as a landscape for escape, known as vacationland. Tonee Harbert captures how Maine is now marketed as "The Way Life Should Be."

Steve Krutek and Liza Buchbinder investigate the mental health system in Maine, speaking with different families.

Lisa Rollins and Marc Labbe document the perceptions of Northern and Southern Maine, as seen by individuals who live on the opposite half.

Moving from Georgia to Maine as church planters, Aaron and Kathy Werner wanted to bring a Southern Baptist church to a secular Maine. Emma Morgenstern speaks to Aaron Werner about bringing religion to Maine, his home state, and about the challenges that they encounter.

Sara Franklin highlights the life of Occupy Maine participants as they host a potluck supper. Franklin speaks to protests about the community they are building among each other.

Lee Fearnside documents how the Civil War is remembered through monuments in Maine.

In Portland, the Maine Time Dollar Network allows community members to perform various services for each other that is bringing the community closer together. Stephanie Congdon explores how this network works and discusses how services are traded.

A growing trend in the United States for childbirth is the practice of placenta encapsulation, where new mothers eat their placenta to seemingly recover from childbirth with greater ease. Amy Miller investigates how this trend is practiced.

Pamela Wood speaks about the thoughts that Mainers and non-Mainers have about the state, in regarding to myth and reality.

Inside back cover for the December 1990 Salt Magazine, with holiday greetings from Maine's financial community.

Maria Schriber documents the effort of Ralph Nader supports in Maine.