Places hopemch Wants to Go

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

On Hurricane Island, a former ghost town has been transformed into a forward-thinking research center.

A memorial to an ill-fated Holy Land mission once described by Mark Twain as “a complete fiasco.”

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

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

The steel hull of a wrecked tug rests on Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island’s rocky southeastern shore.

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

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

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

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

Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.

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

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

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

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.

Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.

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

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

Walk the same tracks that once ferried Gilded Age aristocrats to their vacation destinations.

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

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

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.