Staying at her grandfather's camp on the Blueberry Barrens, Dianne McLaughlin and her friends experience what work is like picking blueberries on a hot day.

Robyn Redman captures a photograph of Toni Ladakakos, owner and operator of Toni's Beauty Salon, which remains open despite other stores closing.

For over 200 years, the Olde Grist Mill, originally known as "The Perkins Tide-Mill," has remained the same. Steve Bragdon captures the essence of the mill.

Collection of photographs from Patten Lumberman's Museum.

Andree Kahn captures the work that women in Maine do with rock music.

Susy Kist and Jean Sexton sets out to uncover how families fit into the pattern of life in Madawaska.

Roland Laigo documents the activity aboard a commuter boat.

At one point during American history, rural populations were growing faster than urban populations. Rebecca Saunders explores how back-to-landers in Maine, or homesteaders, have evolved their lifestyles since the 1950s when people were coming to Maine to live on the land in large numbers.

For the sea urchin industry, a rough economy is causing tensions to grow between government regulators and sea urchin fishermen. Meghan Daniels explores how the Department of Marine Resources and sea urchin fishermen are encountering issues regarding regulations on how many days are set for urchin fishing a year.

Coming to Maine from Kansas, Lyman Rutledge is the author of several books on the history of the Isles of Shoals. Timm White documents how someone from Kansas became the biographer for a group of islands in New England.

When Salt joins Bert McBurnie in the wilderness at Chesuncook Lake, their adventure escalates when they join his search for a lost hunter.

Sarah Miller discusses the history and story of Chimney Farm with Gary Lawless, the caretaker of the land. Lawless speaks about how Henry Beston used to live on the property and the importance of maintaining the land and farm.