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Stephen King's House

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

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Paul Bunyan Statue, Bangor

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

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Mount Hope Cemetery

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

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Chamberlain Freedom Park

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

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Hannibal Hamlin Death Couch

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

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Bangor Opera House

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

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Hudson Museum

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

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8 miles from Bangor

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Red Snappers

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Red Snappers

The reddest of the red meat.

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Gerald Winters's bookstore in Bangor, Maine, specializes in rare editions and type-written drafts.

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