This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

Nicknamed the "Grand Canyon of the North," this open-pit mine in Minnesota has a much shorter history.

Over 140 boathouses built by miners from the Soudan Iron Mine in the early 20th century overlook Stuntz Bay on Lake Vermilion.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

A larger-than-life dedication to the famous lumberjack and his loyal ox.

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

This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.

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

The last remaining Shaker community still practices a uniquely communal and utopian version of Christianity.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

Suspended from this brewery’s tasting room ceiling is a full-sized fin whale skeleton.

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.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

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

Located in the historic home of a newspaper publisher, this museum is dedicated to the Freedom of Speech.

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

Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.

The birthplace of this Gilded Age celebrity, opera singer, suffragette, and shipwreck survivor has been turned into a museum celebrating her fascinating life.

A circa-1800 meeting house that once served as the social and civic heart of this small Maine town.

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