ME American plate atlas
Maine
The Pine Tree State
Meet the plate, people, places, and stories behind one of the road-trip game’s fifty-one essential finds.
Capital
AugustaState bird
Black-capped chickadeeJoined the Union
March 15, 182001
A quick trip through time
The Maine story
Maine separated from Massachusetts as part of the Missouri Compromise. Shipbuilding, fishing, forestry, rocky harbors, and outdoor tourism shaped its independent character.
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Bumper-sized history
About the plate
Maine’s chickadee-and-pine design is a small rolling postcard. Vacationland, printed on many plates, may be the perfect road-trip slogan.