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

One of the country's best automotive museums and home to one of the first motor vehicles.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

A far-flung tidal inlet off the coast of Maine produces some of the state’s tastiest oysters.

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

Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.

Admire an ever-changing landscape of stone sculptures.

This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.

This high-octane event honors Maine’s legacy as the birthplace of logging in the U.S.

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

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

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

Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.

It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.

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

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

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

A couple's 60-year love of collecting is on display at this unique stove repair shop in Maine.

This nature mural exists to protect the surrounding environment and its own canvas from destruction.

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

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

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

Inside the Bangor International Airport is a collection of military challenge coins.

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