Places GeneralWaffles Wants to Go

As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.

This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

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

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

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

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

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

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.

A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

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

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

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.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

The world's largest rotating world.