On Hurricane Island, a former ghost town has been transformed into a forward-thinking research center.

Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

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

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

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

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

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

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

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

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

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The world's largest rotating world.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.