(Getty Images)| The Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse ... From this vantage point high above the rocky coast, you can also view Rockland's nearby islands, as well as Maine's renowned windjammer fleet.

Taking the No. 1 spot for best small town in the Northeast is Castine, a historic coastal town on Penobscot Bay.

Puffins nest on rocky, isolated islands ... Boothbay Harbor, New Harbor and Port Clyde depending on which puffin colony you wish to visit,” Maine tourism says. Machias Seal Island is the only ...