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Unusual Attractions in Southwest Harbor

Southwest Harbor, Maine

Mount Desert Spring Blues Brothers

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

Southwest Harbor, Maine

Wendell Gilley Museum

One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.

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Northeast Harbor, Maine

Asticou Azalea Garden

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

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2 miles from Southwest Harbor

Seal Cove Auto Museum

One of the country's best automotive museums and home to one of the first motor vehicles.

4 miles from Southwest Harbor

Mount Desert, Maine

Bubble Rock

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

4 miles from Southwest Harbor

Bar Harbor, Maine

Jordan Pond Popovers

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

6 miles from Southwest Harbor

Bar Harbor, Maine

Reis Education Canoe

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

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9 miles from Southwest Harbor

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