Places dwlover907 Wants to Go

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.

University of New Hampshire holds the documentation and artifacts of local alien abductees.

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

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

A bronze sculpture in the heart of Portland represents Maine’s most defining industry.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

This is the sewer drain that was the inspiration for the opening scene of Stephen King’s classic novel “IT”.

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

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

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.

The Okefenokee Swamp houses this "incredibobble" tribute to the creator of America’s favorite cartoon possum.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

A trove of tiny treasures hidden within a Florida park.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.