TRAVEL & TOURISM

Adventures Await Your Family Here in Bangor, Maine

While you’re in Bangor, Maine, here are some must-see places and things to do for the entire family this summer.

Stephen Dalton
Top Dalton’s Blog
5 min readJul 29, 2021

--

Home of Stephen King, an old Victorian-style red house surrounded by a wrought iron fence with bats, spiders, and dragons.
Home of Stephen King. 1778081 — Pixabay.jpg

In this tour around Bangor, Maine, we will look at three fascinating landmarks, the King home, the Bangor State Fair (begins 5 August), and the Cole Land Transportation Museum. Come on, let’s go!

Stop by Stephen King’s house

The home of Stephen and Tabitha, Joe “Hill” King, and Owen, who are all novelists, and Naomi, a minister, is wonderous at 47 West Broadway.

You might feel a little weird taking a picture of a house someone lives in but believe me; the King family is used to it and often come out to pose for the cameras.

You might not think this would appeal to your children, but you could be wrong about that. Even kids are aware of this dynamic author due primarily to his books being made into spooky movies.

Actually, there are several recent movies by Stephen King that teens and tweens are talking about like It, Chapter II, The Dark Tower, Doctor Sleep, Children of the Corn 2020, and some 50 others that are available on various screaming, I mean streaming platforms. Plus…

--

--

Stephen Dalton
Top Dalton’s Blog

Stephen Dalton is a retired US Army First Sergeant with a degree in journalism from the University of Maryland. Top Writer in Investing, Business, & Bitcoin!