Peculiar Places and Thrilling Tales from the Pine Tree State

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Places

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Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village

Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village

Meet the last two living Shakers in the last active Shaker community in the world

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Kenneth E. Stoddard Shell Museum

Kenneth E. Stoddard Shell Museum

Next to a mini golf course, you’ll find a covered bridge that holds a seashell museum built to honor a father

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Katahdin Iron Works

Katahdin Iron Works

A small town grew around the production of pig iron in the middle of the 100 Mile Wilderness

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Tales

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A Fatal Afternoon Hike

A Fatal Afternoon Hike

On a September afternoon in 1855, a 23 year-old Kennebunk woman took an ill-advised hike to the top of Mount Washington.

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The Germans of Waldoboro

The Germans of Waldoboro

In the mid 1700’s, Germans were lured to Maine to settle Waldoboro and faced hardship, attacks, eviction, and even fought for the English in Cape Breton

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Norridgewock Massacre

Norridgewock Massacre

A nighttime massacre of an Abenaki village opened the Kennebec for English settlement and created a martyr of a controversial French missionary

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Get Out There!

Not just the tourist spots. But the out-of-the-way, wacky, “did you see that?” kinds of places that most people don’t bother with. Whether you’re just here for a weekend or you’ve lived here for a long time, Maine offers some pretty unique sights. And some of them have crazy tales to tell. So put on your Bean boots, grab a Moxie and get out there.