This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.

One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

The only one of New Hampshire's original 14 World War II watchtowers to survive in near-original condition.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

Annual celebration commemorating the 1965 sighting of strange lights in the town.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

Hidden among the trees at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center are more than 20 gnomes in small wooden houses.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

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

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

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

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

Dozens of playful sculptures blanket these 200 rolling acres of farmland in an ode to art and landscape.

A cable-suspension footbridge that hangs high above the Mill River.

A 60-foot-tall tower provides unparalleled views of the southern Green Mountains.

A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.

Who is this marble man, perpetually creeping up the steps of his own mausoleum?

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

An artist sees trees as a medium for sculpture.

A classic roadside attraction on Vermont's historic Route 5.

This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.