Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

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

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

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

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

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

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

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

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

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

This beautifully preserved Ottoman house is steeped in history.

This abandoned prison was so notorious that its name has become a metaphor throughout Albania.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

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