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

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

The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

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

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

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

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

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

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

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

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.

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

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

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

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.

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

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.