Owls Head, Maine
Owls Head Transportation Museum
Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.
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Owls Head, Maine
Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.
Woodstock, Maine
A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.
Portland, Maine
Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.
Ellsworth, Maine
As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.
Portland, Maine
Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.
Perry, Maine
A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.
Jonesport, Maine
An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.
Houlton, Maine
This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.
Fort Kent, Maine
A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.
Harmony, Maine
Working wool mill used as the exterior for the mill in the 1990 horror film "Graveyard Shift."
Lubec, Maine
This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.
Bangor, Maine
This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.
Kennebunkport, Maine
The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.
Manchester, Maine
A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.
Mount Desert, Maine
A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.
Bethel, Maine
Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.
Eastport, Maine
The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.
Newry, Maine
A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.
Verona Island, Maine
The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.
Swans Island, Maine
This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.
Prospect, Maine
This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.
New Portland, Maine
This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.
Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
Boston, Massachusetts
The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.