A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

Hidden among the trees at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center are more than 20 gnomes in small wooden houses.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.

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

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

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

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

The world's largest rotating world.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.