Places Mama Shotts Wants to Go

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

A shoreline exhibit describing the disastrous first attempt by the French to colonize North America.

An agricultural research library housed in a former Odd Fellows Lodge.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

The largest hand-carved, outdoor sculpture collection in the state of Maine.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

Hidden among the trees at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center are more than 20 gnomes in small wooden houses.

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

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

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

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

If a visit to this farmhouse feels as if you are stepping into an artistic masterpiece, you’d be right.

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

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.

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

An unsolved murder victim's grave which may or may not contain her body.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

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

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

Working wool mill used as the exterior for the mill in the 1990 horror film "Graveyard Shift."