Places happygrim Wants to Go

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

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

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

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

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

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

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

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

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.

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

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

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

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

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

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

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.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

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

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.