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Wiscasset, Maine

Musical Wonder House

An 18th-century home taken over by antique automatons and musical machines (Closed).
Lisbon, Maine

Moxie Museum

Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.
Bangor, Maine

Bangor Police Museum

This museum explores the history of policing and is also home to a very popular taxidermied duck.
Bangor, Maine

Bangor Opera House

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

Maine State Prison Showroom

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.
Verona Island, Maine

Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.
Ellsworth, Maine

Finn's Irish Pub

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.
Kennebunkport, Maine

Seashore Trolley Museum

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.
Sioux City, Iowa

Palmer's Olde Tyme Candy Shoppe

This 19th century Sioux City candy company is the home of the Twin Bing, a historic, chocolate-covered treat.
Fort Madison, Iowa

Fort Madison Bridge

At a mile long, the Fort Madison Bridge is the largest double-decker swing-span bridge in the world.
Dubuque, Iowa

Crystal Lake Cave

An underground wonderland in Iowa.
Council Bluffs, Iowa

Lincoln Monument of Council Bluffs

An obelisk commemorating Lincoln's role in connecting the coasts.
Dubuque, Iowa

Union Park

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.
Concord, Massachusetts

Grave of Anne Rainsford French

The first woman in the United States to get a driver's license is buried here.
Wellesley, Massachusetts

Burned at the Stake Monument

Dedicated to a college founder's alleged ancestor who was martyred in 1555.
West Springfield, Massachusetts

Josiah Day House

The oldest brick saltbox house in America.
Framingham, Massachusetts

Lothrop Wight Penny

This penny stopped a bullet and saved a soldier’s life during the American Civil War.
Franklin, Massachusetts

Birthplace of Horace Mann

A stone marker dedicated to the “Father of American Education.”
Sudbury, Massachusetts

Goodnow Kayak

The Inuit kayak from Robert Peary's 1896 expedition to Greenland is now on display at a local library.
Framingham, Massachusetts

The Plymouth Church

Location of the first public performance and singing of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Northfield, Massachusetts

Northfield Mountain

The largest battery in New England sits atop a Massachusetts mountain.
Concord, Massachusetts

Brister Freeman Homestead Site

A stone marker dedicated to a Black veteran of the American Revolution who refused to leave his land near Walden Pond.
Malden, Massachusetts

Grave of Father Patrick J. Power

Since 1929, millions have sought miraculous healing and solace from this unknown yet deeply revered Irish priest.
Boston, Massachusetts

George Parkman House

The former home of a Boston physician whose murder led to a revolution in forensic science.