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

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

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

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

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

One of the country's best automotive museums and home to one of the first motor vehicles.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.

A nature and outdoor art preserve features the large-scale, abstract works of a renowned Maine folk artist.

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

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

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

The only one of New Hampshire's original 14 World War II watchtowers to survive in near-original condition.

The graphite created here was used in the manufacturing of pencils.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

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

The world's longest covered bridge is a quaint and incredible wooden tunnel.

Located on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, this mansion is home to a massive art collection.

Thanks to its curved shape, this incredibly durable dam "whispers" to visitors.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and was later converted into a cocktail bar.

An underground blaze turned this village into a ghost town.

A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.