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Giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.
Solon, ME
The plain exterior of this early-1800s meeting house hides an interior almost completely covered in vivid frescoes painted by artists in the 1950s. Biblical, symbolic, and surreal imagery fills walls and ceilings, creating one of Maine’s most unexpected historic interiors.
Bangor, ME
Stephen King’s famous red Victorian mansion and its spider-and-bat iron gate are among Bangor’s most recognizable landmarks. King no longer lives here; this is a private property stop, so view it only from the public sidewalk or street.
Cape Elizabeth, ME
A coastal rock formation creates the profile of an old man’s face when seen from the correct angle along Shore Road. The naturally occurring silhouette has been compared to New Hampshire’s lost Old Man of the Mountain, though it is much easier to miss.
Bangor, ME
A storm drain at the corner of Union and Jackson streets is locally identified as an inspiration for the infamous sewer imagery in Stephen King’s IT. It is an ordinary piece of city infrastructure, so this is a quick public-street stop rather than an attraction to enter or disturb.
Kennebunk, ME
Elaborate white Gothic woodwork covers this 19th-century home so densely that it resembles layers of decorative cake icing. The house is privately owned, so this is a look-from-the-public-road stop only.
Lubec, ME
The red-and-white striped West Quoddy Head Light stands beside the easternmost point of the contiguous United States. The lighthouse, cliffs, trails, and international views make the geographic superlative worth a stop even apart from the lighthouse itself.
York, ME
This tiny suspension footbridge stretches about 75 feet across a tidal inlet and noticeably bounces and sways underfoot. It is often promoted as one of the smallest suspension bridges in the world and connects into the Steedman Woods trail system.
Columbia Falls, ME
A giant blueberry-shaped building rises beside U.S. Route 1 in Maine’s major wild-blueberry region. The seasonal attraction sells blueberry products and leans fully into its oversized-fruit roadside identity.
New Portland, ME
This rural bridge combines a wooden deck and towers with an unusual wire-cable suspension system dating to the 1800s. It is commonly described as the last surviving bridge of its particular construction type in Maine.
Lynchville, ME
At a rural Maine crossroads, a cluster of signs points toward nearby towns with names borrowed from places around the world, including Norway, Paris, Denmark, Sweden, and Mexico. The result looks like an international directional sign dropped into the Maine woods.
Pittsfield, ME
Pittsfield owns a roughly 10-foot-wide non-stick frying pan associated with the Central Maine Egg Festival. Unlike a permanent roadside giant, the pan is normally kept in storage and brought to Manson Park around festival time, so this stop should be treated as an event-dependent OddWay location.
Bryant Pond, ME
A roughly 14-foot-tall telephone commemorates Bryant Pond’s place in telecommunications history as the home of the last hand-cranked telephone exchange in the United States. The giant phone stands as a roadside monument to the town’s unusually late survival of operator-connected service.
