Fort Kent, Maine
America's First Mile
A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.
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Fort Kent, Maine
A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.
Presque Isle, Maine
A small park commemorates the departure of the first-ever successful transatlantic balloon voyage.
Swans Island, Maine
This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.
Bar Harbor, Maine
A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.
Bar Harbor, Maine
The first handmade canoe built by members of the Passamaquoddy in over a century.
Houlton, Maine
This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.
St. Louis, Missouri
The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
County Derry, Northern Ireland
A museum dedicated to the tragedy of Bloody Sunday.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Ballintoy, Northern Ireland
This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.
Newry and Mourne, Northern Ireland
The inscribed stone at Kilnasaggart is a remnant from nearly a millennium ago.
Cashel, Ireland
The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.
Galway, Ireland
This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.
Kerry, Ireland
Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.
Kerry, Ireland
An ancient holy well said to be used by the patron saint of sailors and travelers, lost in the boggy west of Valentia Island.
Kilkenny, Ireland
A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.
Kilkenny, Ireland
Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.
Carlow, Ireland
This European portal tomb has a capstone that weighs around 150 tons.
County Wicklow, Ireland
Ancient Bronze Age rampart that was used into the middle ages.
Ballyedmonduff, Ireland
This Bronze Age tomb is the centerpiece of a clearing within a beautiful Irish forest.
Wicklow, Ireland
This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.
Tulsk, Ireland
This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.