A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

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

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

The master of westerns can be found in...the coastal city of Portland?

It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.

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

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

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.

This indoor-outdoor Portland market is an ode to the lesser-known corners of Latin America’s varied foodscape.

You might recognize this historic Oregon mansion from its appearance in 'The Goonies.'

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

A small arthouse cinema in Bend, Oregon showing independent films in a tucked away historic alley

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

This historic early-20th-century building still boasts some of its original features.

This sculpture by a local artist is designed to celebrate the first day of each new season.

It's a tiny roadside universe of welded folk-art creatures built by one man who turned farm-repair welding into an imaginative anything goes sculpture garden that you stumble upon by accident and walk away remembering.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A meticulously restored Wichita home designed by the most renowned American architect of the 20th century.