Places DrJennT Wants to Go

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

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

Abraham Lincoln's vice president took his last breath here on July 4, 1891.

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

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

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

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

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

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

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

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

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

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

The world's largest rotating world.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

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