A bronze sculpture in the heart of Portland represents Maine’s most defining industry.

Maine's only authentic torri gate celebrates a longstanding international relationship that started with the rescue of four sailors.

Forrest Gump ran past this iconic Maine lighthouse in his cinematic cross-country journey.

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

Five mythical trolls have taken up residence in woods and hidden on paths at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

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

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

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

One of the largest wooden ships ever built is honored by a steel sculpture evoking her once-superlative scale.

This statue is said to bring good luck to visiting lovebirds.

This Baltic beauty is rumored to grant a wish and a half.

For centuries, this hill along the Polish coast has been used as a lookout—and the rumored home of pirate treasure.

An underground city of salt.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

A relic of Poland's shipbuilding past, reborn as a sky-high lookout.

This bombed church was given a new life as a contemporary art gallery.

The rusting hulk of a Soviet warship sits on a Polish beach.

According to local legend, this unassuming art gallery was once used to imprison witches.