Six miles off the coast of New Hampshire, but actually belonging to the state of Maine, Smuttynose Island is one of the Isles of Shoals. Named by fishermen who thought all of the seaweed that... »

Memento Mori, Intriguing Environs, Disaster Areas | Edited by John Pittman, Nicholas Jackson and others

The Hudson Museum at the University of Maine in Orono contains more than 8,000 archeological objects from indigenous cultures across the Western Hemisphere. Included in the holdings of the Hudson... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Memento Mori, Cultures and Civilizations | Edited by JWOcker and Nicholas Jackson

Wilhelm Reich was an esteemed psychoanalyst who studied with Freud in the 1920s. He influenced many writers, such as Saul Bellow and Norman Mailer, as well as the famed psychotherapist Fritz Perls... »

Strange Science, Medical Museums | Edited by John Pittman, M Rebekah Otto and others

Located off the coast of downeast Maine, the Old Sow whirlpool has been a well known strange site for hundreds of years. Though said to be named the "Old Sow" whirlpool because it makes sounds... »

Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders | Edited by MountainMermaid and Dylan

Loren Coleman first started pursuing unusual, often inexplicable animals in 1960, and has since become one of the world's foremost experts in the field of cryptozoology. The discipline, as... »

Fascinating Fauna, Museums and Collections, Strange Science, Natural History, Unique Collections, Hunting and Taxidermy, Strange Statues | Edited by littlebrumble, wythe and 2 others

Were you to drive on Maine's Interstate 295 through Yarmouth, it would be next to impossible to miss Eartha. Eartha, housed in a three-story glass gallery at DeLorme Headquarters, is the... »

Small Worlds and Model Towns, Astounding Timepieces, Instruments of Science, Marvelous Maps and Measures | Edited by Dylan and michelle

If you were to stumble on the tracks, or rusted iron wrecks it would certainty be a mystery. But this railway running straight through the forest of Maine, are remnants of a once genius system.... »

Inspired Inventions, Incredible Ruins | Edited by John Pittman and M Rebekah Otto

The Musical Wonder House of Wiscasset, Maine is indeed a wonder to behold. From perfect trill and warble of clockwork birds, to player pianos, to musical Swiss stereopticons, to towering... »

Unique Collections, Musical Wonders, Amazing Automata | Edited by michelle