East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

The world's largest rotating world.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

Explore the evolution of printing technology, from cuneiform to Kindle.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

A bronze ballot box stands at the spot where Susan B. Anthony voted illegally.

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.

Alexander Milliner, a favorite of General Washington, is interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery along with 80 other Revolutionary War veterans.

An unassuming 13-acre park is home to over 12,000 roses.

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.

This small, independent museum documents the unique culture of Deaf people in the United States.

The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.