Places Charles WV Wants to Go

The fire tower along this steep, scenic hiking trail offers the best views of Maine’s Moosehead Lake.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

Steam engines and conveyor belts are remnants of a genius system left in the middle of the Maine woods.

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

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

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

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."

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

Floor-to-ceiling frescoes by local art students cover the interior of a nearly 200-year-old church.

Working wool mill used as the exterior for the mill in the 1990 horror film "Graveyard Shift."

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

Forrest Gump ran past this iconic Maine lighthouse in his cinematic cross-country journey.

If a visit to this farmhouse feels as if you are stepping into an artistic masterpiece, you’d be right.

A beautiful, water-filled quarry that has become a popular haunt for swimmers and artists.

Learn about the history and hopeful future of Maine’s nesting birds at this interactive Audubon facility.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

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

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

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

The world's largest rotating world.

Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.

The steel hull of a wrecked tug rests on Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island’s rocky southeastern shore.