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From sweet treats to iconic sandwiches, here are 10 of the oldest bars and restaurants in Portland, Maine, that have endured and thrived over time.

According to Wikipedia, Choate Bridge located in Ipswich, Massachusetts (about 30 miles North of Boston) is a stone arch bridge built in 1764 carrying Route 1A/Route 133 over the Ipswich River. It is considered one of the oldest surviving bridges in North America and is more than likely the oldest in Massachusetts.

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A church in Kittery Point, Maine looks nearly as it did almost 300 years ago.

While Maine is home to several old malls throughout the state, the oldest standing and functional mall is surprisingly still thriving 65 years later

This is a whole different level of owning a piece of history. These five vintage homes are straight out of the 1600s. Yep, they’re older than America itself.

Cassie crossed over the rainbow bridge at the age of 13.

For more than two centuries, Maine has been home to the one of the oldest active military bases that exists in the entire United States

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From sweet treats to iconic sandwiches, here are six of the oldest restaurants in Portland, Maine, that have endured and thrived over time.

I had no idea that the New Hampshire Lottery was the oldest legal lottery in the United States.

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One of Portland, Maine's oldest restaurants, Tortilla Flat, announced their permanent closure on social media.

The Inn is even said to be the 46th oldest family-run business in the world and it's still in the same family that opened it 40 years after the Mayflower landed.

Before Portland was a trendy food city, it was home to dozens of incredible restaurants that laid the foundation. Here are a handful that are still standing.