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The Oldest Diner in Maine, 1926:
Who can gulp the champion Biddeford Tiger breakfast …and if you find yourself at the Palace Diner, please ask your companion to order the Dog Bowl breakfast… !

Palace Diner
18 Franklin Street
Biddeford, ME 04005

(207) 283-8462




Genesee Country Village & Museum is conveniently located South of Rt 90 in Le Roy / Mumford, New York. Video by Rena Goff of Merrymeeting Archives LLC.




  • The Pioneer Farmstead, c. 1820s
  • The Jones Farm, c. mid-1850s
  • The Livingston-Backus House, mid-1850s
  • Hosmer’s Inn, 1830s
  • You can even help in the kitchen!!
    or make cheese…


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    Check out the first photo with at least 3 different kinds of turn-of-the-century stoves… The Paynesville Area Historical Museum is in Paynesville, Minnesota.

    Climb down the stairs to the Evansville Historical Foundation’s pioneer root cellar in Evansville, Minnesota to see refrigeration before the electric refrigerator.

    Red River Valley Sugarbeet Museum in Crookston, Minnesota appears to focus on farm equipment….Harvest Festival in September.