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All the United States Maine Boothbay

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Boothbay

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Boothbay, Maine

Updated August 21, 2023

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Shell Museum

Boothbay, Maine

Kenneth E. Stoddard Shell Museum

A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.

Boothbay, Maine

Guardians of the Seeds Trolls

Five mythical trolls have taken up residence in woods and hidden on paths at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
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The Sarah Mead

Boothbay Harbor, Maine

The Sarah Mead

The last sailing lobster boat in Maine is also likely New England's first zero-emissions commercial vessel.
3 miles from Boothbay
The Thompson Ice House and Museum

South Bristol, Maine

Thompson Ice House Harvesting Museum

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.
3 miles from Boothbay
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Coin-Operated Orchestra Machine with Little Men Playing Bells

Wiscasset, Maine

Musical Wonder House

An 18th-century home taken over by antique automatons and musical machines (Closed).
8 miles from Boothbay
An evocation of the schooner Wyoming.

Bath, Maine

Wyoming Sculpture

One of the largest wooden ships ever built is honored by a steel sculpture evoking her once-superlative scale.
9 miles from Boothbay
Torii Gate (foreground), BIW’s Crane 11 (background)

Bath, Maine

Bath-Tsugaru Torii Gate

Maine's only authentic torri gate celebrates a longstanding international relationship that started with the rescue of four sailors.
9 miles from Boothbay
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