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This Navarrese cave's history of witchcraft and pagan ritual is not just embraced, but recreated each year.

This tiny river island switches sovereignty every six months as part of a rare, centuries-old agreement.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

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

The largest hand-carved, outdoor sculpture collection in the state of Maine.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

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

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.

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

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

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

An unsolved murder victim's grave which may or may not contain her body.

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