St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.
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St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.
Burlington, Vermont
This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.
Brookfield, Vermont
One car at a time please.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.
Williamstown, Vermont
The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.
Graniteville, Vermont
Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.
Greenfield, New Hampshire
This modern medieval weapon of war was built to toss pumpkins.
Jackson, New Hampshire
The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.
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.
Bangor, Maine
This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.
Houlton, Maine
This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.
Watson Lake, Yukon
Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.
Kipling, Saskatchewan
A cozy cafe tells the remarkable story of how one man started with a little red paperclip and wound up with an entire house.
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
The world's largest moose statue is located (where else?) in Canada.
Cardigan, Prince Edward Island
While this is positively the smallest library in Canada, it aspires to be the smallest in the world.
O'Leary, Prince Edward Island
This sprawling collection hides many charms.
Lower Darnley, Prince Edward Island
Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.
Wellington County, Prince Edward Island
Three buildings constructed of over 25,000 multicolored glass bottles.
Perth, Ontario
A fake block of cheese remembers a feat of dairy engineering from the Chicago World's Fair.
Wawa, Ontario
This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years.
Sudbury, Ontario
Possibly the world's largest coin stands just outside of a Canadian science center.
Ottawa, Ontario
These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.