It shows up in front porches, fanlights, steeples, harbor views, and homes built by the people who shaped these communities. Just quiet streets, graceful old homes, and a harbor view that rewards anyone willing to slow down and look carefully at everything around them. The town’s architectural variety is genuinely impressive, ranging from shingle-style cottages to sprawling Colonial Revival estates, all set against a backdrop of rocky coastline and open Atlantic views. St. Ann’s Church, begun in 1887 and built from Maine stone directly overlooking the sea, is one of the most dramatically situated historic buildings in coastal Maine. That concentration of genuinely old buildings in one small area is extraordinarily rare.