Verona Island, Maine
Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory
The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.
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Verona Island, Maine
The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.
Bar Harbor, Maine
The first handmade canoe built by members of the Passamaquoddy in over a century.
Freeport, Maine
When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.
Yarmouth, Maine
The world's largest rotating world.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Scarborough, Maine
This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.
Washington, D.C.
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
New York, New York
Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.
Chicago, Illinois
Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.
Boston, Massachusetts
An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.
Boston, Massachusetts
This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.
Boston, Massachusetts
Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.
Tucson, Arizona
This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A free public golf course hides in plain sight in the heart of Scotland’s capital.
Hull, Massachusetts
Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."
Hull, Massachusetts
Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.
Winthrop, Massachusetts
A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.
Providence, Rhode Island
From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.
Providence, Rhode Island
The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.
Wareham, Massachusetts
The former home of the oldest nail maker in the United States was built on the ashes of a mill burned by the British.