America's Prettiest Towns

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Rockport, Maine
Banish all thoughts of the mini-mall (or mega-mall), for America still has pretty towns in spades. Photographer Bob Krist puts little Rockport, on Maine's mid-coast, on his prettiest-towns list. "It's got probably the most picturesque harbor you've ever seen," Krist says. That harbor was also the summer home of Andre the seal, subject of a 1994 children's movie about the sea mammal who made yearly journeys from an aquarium in Boston to Rockport. The Samoset Hotel, built in the late 19th century, presides on the waterfront, and Rockport hosts a number of arts-focused institutions, including the Maine Media Workshops and the Rockport Opera House.

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