Here’s “The Lookout,” still keeping watch yesterday over local bays and the Atlantic ocean beyond. It’s perhaps Brooklin’s most historic structure, with original sections that have sheltered people since about 1760.
It was a colonial sentry point that gave warning of unwelcome visitors from the sea, hence its name. The original house was expanded in the 1800s into an Inn and has remained one since then. Its fine restaurant is open to the public in the summer, and its extensive grounds with sea vistas are popular for weddings and other outdoor events.
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on February 8, 2026.)