The Press Herald’s features staff did a superb job putting together our first-ever fall arts preview section, led by Bob Keyes’s tale of the Kotzschmar Organ’s return.

We all know that Maine is home to many offbeat museums. But when Ray Routhier learned that the state has more museums per capita than any other state except Vermont, he decided to find out why.

David Hench crafted this compelling narrative about a mysterious disappearance and grim discovery based largely on court and police records.