Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.

This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

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

This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.