South Bristol, Maine
Thompson Ice House Harvesting Museum
For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.
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South Bristol, Maine
For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.
Poland, Maine
This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.
Brunswick, Maine
This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.
Bar Harbor, Maine
A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.
Houlton, Maine
This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.
Cushing, Maine
If a visit to this farmhouse feels as if you are stepping into an artistic masterpiece, you’d be right.
Rangeley, Maine
Hidden among the trees at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center are more than 20 gnomes in small wooden houses.
Union, Maine
They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.
Portland, Maine
The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.
Northwest Piscataquis, Maine
Steam engines and conveyor belts are remnants of a genius system left in the middle of the Maine woods.
Boothbay, Maine
A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.
Monson, Maine
The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.
Harmony, Maine
Working wool mill used as the exterior for the mill in the 1990 horror film "Graveyard Shift."
Fort Kent, Maine
A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.
Verona Island, Maine
The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.
Newry, Maine
A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.
Scarborough, Maine
This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.
Woodstock, Maine
A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.
Lubec, Maine
This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.
Kennebunkport, Maine
The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.
Manchester, Maine
A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.
Eastport, Maine
The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.
Bangor, Maine
The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.