Places
Explore some remarkable places in the greatest state in the Union.
PlaceMoxie Bottle House
A 33 foot tall promotional replica of a Moxie bottle that was converted to a house and lived in for 80 years
PlaceMackworth Island
An island you can drive to with quite a history and even a governor’s pet cemetery
PlaceHussey’s General Store
The sign out front says “Guns, wedding gowns, cold beer”
PlaceLanglais Art Preserve
A nature and sculpture park that celebrates the works of folk artist Bernard Langlais
PlaceThorncrag Bird Sanctuary
450 acres of birding heaven minutes outside downtown Lewiston
PlaceNequasset Fish Ladder
Helping alewives reach their spawning grounds since 1920
PlaceNailed It
A 15 foot tall public art piece in a rebuilding Lewiston neighborhood
PlaceThe Cosmopolitan Club
A women’s club that made its home in an historic Greek revival home in Bath
PlaceWorld’s Largest Telephone
A 14-foot tall replica commemorates the last town in America to give up crank phones
PlaceVesper Hill Children’s Chapel
A small post and beam open chapel overlooking the ocean
PlaceEartha
The world’s largest rotating and revolving globe just might make you dizzy
PlacePownalborough Courthouse
A young John Adams once argued cases at this pre-Revolutionary War courthouse on the banks of the Kennebec River
PlaceCathance Water Tower
A restored residential water tower in Topsham that looks straight out of Minecraft
PlaceLakewood Theater
Enjoy dinner and a show at the oldest summer theater in the U.S.
PlacePenobscot Narrows Bridge
A cable-stayed bridge that spans the Penobscot River and is home to the tallest public bridge observatory in the world
PlaceSouth Solon Meeting House
The so-called “Sistine Chapel of Maine” sits at a quiet crossroads in the middle of Maine.
PlaceQuoddy Village
In 1935, a small village was built outside of Eastport as part of the infamous Quoddy Hydro project.
PlaceSabbathday Lake Shaker Village
Meet the last two living Shakers in the last active Shaker community in the world
PlaceKenneth 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
PlaceKatahdin Iron Works
A small town grew around the production of pig iron in the middle of the 100 Mile Wilderness
PlaceOld German Meeting House & Cemetery
This 18th Century Lutheran church was the center of the immigrant German community in Waldoboro.
PlaceWedding Cake House
The so-called “most photographed house in Maine”
PlaceSkowhegan Indian
The “World’s Tallest Indian” overlooks downtown Skowhegan
PlaceThomas Hill Standpipe
A 1.75 million gallon Bangor water tower that inspired Stephen King’s “It”
PlaceCumston Hall
Stained glass windows, murals, and ornamental plaster highlight a very unique town hall.
PlaceTimber Point/Ewing House
A former summer estate on a rocky peninsula that became part of the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
PlaceFort Baldwin
A former Army fortification at the tip of Phippsburg protected the mouth of the Kennebec during both World Wars
PlaceVaughan Woods & Historic Homestead
A lovely 200 acre property with a trail network surround the well-preserved 18th century home of one of the founding fathers of Hallowell.
PlaceGoddard Mansion
The shell of a lumber baron’s coastal mansion overlooks Fort Williams Park and Portland Head Light
PlaceSquirrel Point Light
This small lighthouse was part of a late 19th century navigation system created to safely guide ships along the tricky Kennebec River
PlacePowderhouse Hill Ski Area
$5 cash gets you pulled up the smallest ski area in Maine by an old truck engine
PlaceThe Public Theatre
Voted Maine’s best theatre, this Lewiston venue puts on plays in a former B-movie theatre that was Stephen King’s favorite Saturday spot
PlaceThe Tarratine Club
A restaurant and event space that was home to Bangor’s elite “millionaire’s club” for over 100 years
PlaceHamlin Memorial Library and Museum
The former 1822 Oxford County jail was converted and reopened as the village public library in 1902
PlaceFort Andross/Cabot Mill
Built on the site of a colonial fort, this hulking former cotton mill is now the home to over a hundred different businesses.
PlaceWest Bath Radar Site
A huge cold war experimental radar site that had a unique second life
PlaceKennebec Arsenal
A federal arsenal built after the War of 1812 to help defend against our Canadian neighbors and their British overlords
PlaceCasco Castle
An outlandish castle-shaped resort in Freeport built by the Electric Railway King of Maine
PlaceShiloh Temple
A sprawling rural church campus that was home to a controversial worldwide religious cult in the early 20th century
PlaceBeech Nut
An early 20th century Norwegian stone hut built for family picnics provides panoramic views of Penobscot Bay.
