Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Green Animals Topiary Garden
Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!
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Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!
Bristol, Rhode Island
The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.
Providence, Rhode Island
A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."
Monhegan, Maine
The steel hull of a wrecked tug rests on Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island’s rocky southeastern shore.
Thorndike, Maine
A couple's 60-year love of collecting is on display at this unique stove repair shop in Maine.
Brownville, Maine
The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.
Portland, Maine
Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.
Ellsworth, Maine
This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.
Greenville, Maine
The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.
Eastport, Maine
Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.
Scarborough, Maine
This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.
Orono, Maine
Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.
Ellsworth, Maine
As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.
Southwest Harbor, Maine
A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.
Jonesport, Maine
The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.
Harpswell, Maine
An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.
Poland, Maine
This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.
Swans Island, Maine
This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.
Fairfield, Maine
This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.
Eastport, Maine
The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.
Union, Maine
They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.
Fort Kent, Maine
A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.
Thomaston, Maine
Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.
Freeport, Maine
When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.