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Bangor

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Bangor, Maine

Unusual
Attractions
in Bangor

The house with a hedge around it

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

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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The couch where Hannibal Hamlin died.

Hannibal Hamlin Death Couch

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

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North to Freedom.

Chamberlain Freedom Park

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

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A collection of West Mexican tomb figures at the Hudson Museum.

Hudson Museum

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

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Telephone Museum

Ellsworth, Maine

Telephone Museum

As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.

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Grave of Sarah Ware

Bucksport, Maine

Grave of Sarah Ware

An unsolved murder victim's grave which may or may not contain her body.

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in Bangor

Red Snappers

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Meats & Animal Products

Red Snappers

The reddest of the red meat.

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Stories
About Bangor

Stephen King at a book signing, c 1976.

A Burst Pipe Ruined Original Stephen King Manuscripts

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

by Sarah Laskow

January 18, 2018

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