Thomaston, Maine
Maine State Prison Showroom
Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.
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Thomaston, Maine
Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.
Bath, Maine
One of the largest wooden ships ever built is honored by a steel sculpture evoking her once-superlative scale.
Freeport, Maine
When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.
Portland, Maine
The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.
York, Maine
True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.
Kittery, Maine
Despite its extensive history, this fort saw little to no combat.
Ripton, Vermont
This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.
Keeseville, New York
This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.
Lansdowne, Ontario
This observation tower is a longstanding, 1960s landmark in the Thousand Islands region of Canada.
Brockville, Ontario
Canada's oldest railway tunnel is illuminated in a rainbow of color as it passes under the streets of this small city.
Winchester, Virginia
The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.
Walhalla, South Carolina
An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.
Lumpkin, Georgia
Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.
Seale, Alabama
A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.
Calhoun, Georgia
Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.
Claiborne County, Mississippi
An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Yazoo City, Mississippi
A downtown filled with nearly deserted historic buildings was revived as a pastel paradise.
Ozark, Alabama
Now abandoned, the first reinforced concrete bridge in Alabama still stands over the Pea River.
Clayton, Alabama
In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.
Chiefland, Florida
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
Albany, Georgia
Dedicated to the "King of Soul."