Portland, Maine
'Pinecone'
An eight-foot-long pine cone made out of 140 recycled steel shovels is an homage to Maine's state flower.
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Portland, Maine
An eight-foot-long pine cone made out of 140 recycled steel shovels is an homage to Maine's state flower.
Rockland, Maine
Learn about the history and hopeful future of Maine’s nesting birds at this interactive Audubon facility.
Bangor, Maine
This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”
Sedgwick, Maine
This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.
Harpswell, Maine
An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.
Hancock, Maine
Walk the same tracks that once ferried Gilded Age aristocrats to their vacation destinations.
South Bristol, Maine
For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.
Houlton, Maine
This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.
Bucksport, Maine
A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.
Fairfield, Maine
This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.
Bar Harbor, Maine
A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.
Jonesport, Maine
An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.
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.
Portland, Maine
Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.
Fort Kent, Maine
A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.
Newry, Maine
A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.
Thomaston, Maine
Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.
Lubec, Maine
This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.
Kennebunkport, Maine
The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.
Eastport, Maine
The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.
New Portland, Maine
This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.
Bangor, Maine
The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.
Portland, Maine
Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.