Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.

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

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

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

A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.

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

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

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

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

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