Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

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

This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.

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

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

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

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

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

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

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

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

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

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

Walk the same tracks that once ferried Gilded Age aristocrats to their vacation destinations.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

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

They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.