Places mrshouligan Wants to Go

Nature and religion are reunited at this unconventional church in the forest.

Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.

The 100-year-old public collection of a New Hampshire dentist that contains taxidermy, Native American artifacts, and a pair of mummy hands.

A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

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

A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.

A collection of birdhouses await curious motorists and avian squatters.

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.

This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”

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

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

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.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

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.

This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.

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

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