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These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

Tales of ghosts, cryptids, and true crime rise from the murky waters of the largest freshwater wetland in Massachusetts.

Taxidermy reptiles and rodents put on quite the show at this local history museum.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

Two artist-designed restrooms are part of the collection at the Smith College Museum of Art.

Admire an ever-changing landscape of stone sculptures.

One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.

A nature and outdoor art preserve features the large-scale, abstract works of a renowned Maine folk artist.

Five mythical trolls have taken up residence in woods and hidden on paths at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

The largest hand-carved, outdoor sculpture collection in the state of Maine.

Explore 4,000 years of European and American art history in the heart of northwest Louisiana.

Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.

Hidden among the trees at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center are more than 20 gnomes in small wooden houses.

A small town museum honors local WWII veterans and the queen of pop who put it on the map.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.