Places rbalevine Wants to Go

A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

This small stone chapel is a hidden gem just outside the University of New Hampshire campus.

One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.

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

Abraham Lincoln's vice president took his last breath here on July 4, 1891.

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

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

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

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.