Brunswick is the main city in Casco Bay. Bowdoin College, alma mater of President Franklin Pierce, Robert Peary (Arctic explorer), and Nathaniel Hawthorne (author), serves as a pillar to this community. Freeport, called the "Birthplace of Maine," is the home of L.L. Bean sportswear. Near Freeport are expansive sand dunes, some as high as 70 feet. Golf and sportsfishing are popular here.

Old Colonial homes make up the lovely town of Kennebunk. Ocean waves lap the shore of the old seafaring village, and charming shops and restaurants adorn the town. Kennebunkport, on the opposite side of the river, is bedazzled with exquisite estates and large spreads of land with world-class shopping and dining. Along Dock Square in Kennebunkport, boutiques and galleries tickle the interests of tourists. Excursion boats pull out to snare fish and lobsters and to watch whales swimming offshore. Ogunquit's gorgeous shoreline is sandy to the north and rocky to the south. Bald Head Cliff, a 100-foot-high rock that juts 300 feet into the ocean, is a town landmark. Little shops and eateries perch together at Perkin's Cove where charter boats chug out to sea.

The largest urban area in Oregon, Portland is renowned as a clean, green and friendly city. Radiating around the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, the Portland area's lush green cityscape and inviting, walkable neighborhoods are the result of its mild temperate rainforest climate combined with progressive urban planning.