Places GeneralWaffles Wants to Go

An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

This small, unassuming, nursery plays hosts to some unique plant life.

This modern medieval weapon of war was built to toss pumpkins.

This location of a Mexican chain restaurant has a unique location: an old jail.

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

Nature and religion are reunited at this unconventional church in the forest.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

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

Final resting place of the two women killed on a small island off the coast of New Hampshire.

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Grapes be damned, this distillery makes wine from apples, blueberries, cranberries, and more.

This museum explores the history of policing and is also home to a very popular taxidermied duck.

The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.

Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.

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

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.

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

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

Walk the same tracks that once ferried Gilded Age aristocrats to their vacation destinations.

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.