In Lubec, Maine, McCurdy's Smokehouse is the last commercial smokehouse in the country. Lynn Kippax Jr. and Salt students capture photographs showing how the smokehouse continues to function.

In Lubec, Maine, McCurdy's Smokehouse is the last commercial smokehouse in the country. Hugh French explores how the smokehouse functions and learns about producing smoked herring by hand.

Lynn Kippax Jr. shows Dave Marston wheeling strings of smoked herring from the smokehouse to the boning room.

Kendra Wing and Kendrick Kwok document the life and activities of Dave Stetson.

Dave Copp on his bottle shop.

Salt students capture the work that goes into smoking herring.

Dave Read captures the people and places of small towns in inner Maine.

Heading down to the wharf at three o'clock in the morning, Herbert Baum is ready to learn about lobstering from his father and Dave Burnham. Baum documents the work that lobsterman do on their boats and how they got into the business.

Dave Read captures the people and places of small towns in inner Maine.

With a collection of over 4,500 license plates, Dave Nicholson shares his collection on his website database. Emma Morgenstern profiles Nicholson's interest in license plates and how it has deep personal roots.

As Portland becomes more suburban, Peaks Island has experienced waves of change. Dave Read and others document how the community of people have little in common except the ferry commute they make and their liking for Peaks Island.

For the town of Patten, Maine, the logging industry made a large impact, being considered the lumbering center of the world. Regina Baker and Nancy Noyes document how lumbering became ingrained into the local history, and write about the museum that holds that history.