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Desert of Maine
Freeport, Maine
A former farm and now a desert, with real rolling dunes that have swallowed buildings and trees.
Sights for Oddball Excursions
Ray Murphy's Chainsaw Show
Hancock, Maine
The world's foremost chainsaw sculptor gives tour-de-force live performances in his custom-built sound-proof booth.
International Cryptozoology Museum
Portland, Maine
Bigfoot, Yeti, Nessie, the Jersey Devil, Mothman -- all of the creature superstars in one museum.
Eartha: World's Largest Rotating Globe
Yarmouth, Maine
DeLorme, still making maps (and map software). Eartha, still spinning!
31-Foot-Tall Paul Bunyan
Bangor, Maine
A mighty statue stands in the city where the mythical woodsman was born, or at least that's what Bangor wants us to think...
VP Hannibal Hamlin's Death Couch
Bangor, Maine
Abraham Lincoln's first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, died on this couch in 1891.
Wild Blueberry Land: World's Largest Blueberry
Columbia Falls, Maine
Owners of a blueberry-themed shop and bakery went refreshingly overboard when it came to construction and decoration.
The Big F Indian
Freeport, Maine
40 feet tall, with a big feathered headdress and scary ritual facial scars. Known locally as "The Big F Indian," where the F could stand for Freeport or other F words.
World Traveler Signpost
Lynchville, Maine
A classic photo-op sign, guaranteed to wow the folks back home.
45th Parallel Gift Shop
Perry, Maine
A gift shop just south of the halfway point between the equator and the North Pole. Map-crazed visitors like to pose next to its photogenic globe.
Wilhelm Reich Museum: Cloudbusters!
Rangeley, Maine
Where inventor/psychoanalyst Reich conducted his mysterious experiments with energy-sucking "cloudbusters."
Birthplace of the Inventor of the Doughnut Hole
Rockport, Maine
Hanson Gregory invented the doughnut hole in 1847. A small plaque, erected on his birth site, honors that landmark event.
Lenny, the Chocolate Moose
Scarborough, Maine
A life-size moose, sculpted in solid chocolate -- and that's a lot of chocolate -- stands in an ice cream parlor.
World's Tallest Indian
Skowhegan, Maine
The World's Tallest Indian towers over downtown Skowhegan -- or he used to, before the trees around him got so tall.
Moxie Bottle House
Union, Maine
Giant pop bottle may convince you to drink Moxie, a "nerve tonic" and delightful beverage.
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Offbeat Landmarks and Oddities
Choice field reports and tips. Or check out: Complete list of Maine attractions.
- Bangor: 31-Foot-Tall Paul Bunyan
- Bangor: VP Hannibal Hamlin's Death Couch
- Bath: Monster of Unfathomable Pedigree [tips]
- Bath: Lobstermobile [tips]
- Belfast: Perry's Nut House
- Boothbay Harbor: Captain Brown: Giant Old Salt Fisherman [tips]
- Columbia Falls: Wild Blueberry Land: World's Largest Blueberry
- Fort Kent: America's First Mile [tips]
- Freeport: Desert of Maine
- Freeport: The Big F Indian
- Fryeburg: Jockey Cap Rock, Robert Peary Monument [tips]
- Hancock: Ray Murphy's Chainsaw Show
- Kennebunk: Johnson Hall Museum, One Man's Treasures [tips]
- Lubec: Easternmost Point in the U.S. [tips]
- Lynchville: World Traveler Signpost
- Perry: Oldest Halfway North Marker
- Perry: 45th Parallel Gift Shop
- Portland: International Cryptozoology Museum
- Prospect: Penobscot Narrows Bridge Observatory, Fort Knox Tunnels [tips]
- Rangeley: Wilhelm Reich Museum: Cloudbusters!
- Rockport: Birthplace of the Inventor of the Doughnut Hole
- Rumford: Muffler Man - Paul Bunyan [tips]
- Scarborough: Lenny, the Chocolate Moose
- Skowhegan: World's Tallest Indian
- South China: World Traveler Signpost [tips]
- Trenton: The Great Maine Lumberjack Show [tips]
- Union: Moxie Bottle House
- Wells: Cheese Shop Shaped Like Cheese [tips]
- Woolwich: Mainer C. Lobster Sculpture
- Yarmouth: Eartha: World's Largest Rotating Globe
