Where Daytime Begins ; in Lubec, Maine -- The Eastern Most Point in the U.S. -- Sunrise Comes Early, the Tides Come and Go, and Life Is Good

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At the easternmost point of the United States, it stands sentinel.

West Quoddy Head lighthouse is striped like a candy cane. It looks a lighthouse in a children's book.

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Where Daytime Begins ; in Lubec, Maine -- The Eastern Most Point in the U.S. -- Sunrise Comes Early, the Tides Come and Go, and Life Is Good

Twenty thousand people visit every year, not too bad for a lighthouse on the edge of forever.

"That's pretty good for where we are. We're not on the way to anywhere," says Debora Bridges, manager of the West Quoddy Head museum and visitors center.

This little spot is one of three in Maine where the sun first rises in the United States.

This region has the biggest ti...

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