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

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

A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

A collection of birdhouses await curious motorists and avian squatters.

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

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

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

Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

The steel hull of a wrecked tug rests on Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island’s rocky southeastern shore.

The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

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

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

The world's largest rotating world.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.