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Provincetown, Massachusetts

Bob Gasoi Memorial Art Alley

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.
Provincetown, Massachusetts

Toys of Eros

This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.
Boston, Massachusetts

Mapparium Globe

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Queens, New York

Geographic Center of New York City

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.
Bar Harbor, Maine

Jordan Pond Popovers

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

Nordica Homestead Museum

The birthplace of this Gilded Age celebrity, opera singer, suffragette, and shipwreck survivor has been turned into a museum celebrating her fascinating life.
Port Clyde, Maine

Marshall Point Lighthouse

Forest Gump ran past this iconic Maine lighthouse in his cinematic cross-country journey.
York, Maine

Paul Bunyan's Severed Head

The head of a legendary lumberjack watches over a river in Maine.
Rumford, Maine

Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox

A larger-than-life dedication to the famous lumberjack and his loyal ox.
Trenton, Maine

Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound

Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.
Alna, Maine

Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum

Preserving the memory of the narrow railroads that once crisscrossed the state of Maine.
Bar Harbor, Maine

Reis Education Canoe

The first handmade canoe built by members of the Passamaquoddy in over a century.
Bangor, Maine

Thomas Hill Standpipe

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."
Calais, Maine

Saint Croix Island National Historic Site

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

Langlais Sculpture Preserve

A nature and outdoor art preserve features the large-scale, abstract works of a renowned Maine folk artist.
Sedgwick, Maine

Pushcart Press

This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.
Augusta, Maine

The First Amendment Museum

Located in the historic home of a newspaper publisher, this museum is dedicated to the Freedom of Speech.
Lubec, Maine

McCurdy Smokehouse

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.
Biddeford, Maine

One Blue Sky Mural

A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.
Moscow, Maine

Million Dollar Birdhouse Wall

A collection of birdhouses await curious motorists and avian squatters.
Boothbay, Maine

Guardians of the Seeds Trolls

Five mythical trolls have taken up residence in woods and hidden on paths at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
Bangor, Maine

Bangor Opera House

This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”
Bangor, Maine

Hannibal Hamlin Death Couch

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

Owls Head Transportation Museum

Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.