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Lewiston, ME
A 10-foot bronze Muhammad Ali was unveiled in 2025 near Bates Mill No. 5 to mark 60 years since Ali’s bizarrely brief 1965 rematch with Sonny Liston in Lewiston. The fight ended in the first round after the controversial “phantom punch,” creating one of the strangest heavyweight-title moments in boxing history.
Bucksport, ME
A restored 1916 cinema houses Northeast Historic Film, an archive dedicated to preserving moving images from northern New England. The collection includes home movies, local television, industrial films, advertisements, and other footage that might otherwise have disappeared.
Alfred, ME
A roadside marker commemorates the place where the traveling circus elephant Old Bet was reportedly shot and killed in 1816. The bizarre episode became part of early American circus history, and a granite monument now marks the location.
Hancock, ME
This private home at 303 Point Road served as the exterior of the Creed family house in the 1989 adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. The nearby road was also used in scenes connected with the film’s deadly highway, making the location recognizable to horror fans despite being an ordinary residence today. View only from public areas and do not enter the property.
Portland, ME
Built in 1807, this octagonal wooden tower allowed signalmen to identify incoming ships before they reached Portland Harbor. It survives as the only known remaining historic maritime signal tower of its type in the United States.
Augusta, ME
A bronze statue outside the Maine State Museum honors Samantha Smith, the Maine schoolgirl who wrote to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov in 1982 asking why the Soviet Union wanted war. Her letter led to an invitation to visit the USSR, turning her into an unlikely child peace ambassador before her death in a 1985 plane crash. The sculpture shows Samantha releasing a dove while a bear cub sits beside her.
Kittery, ME
This small Isles of Shoals island became notorious after the brutal 1873 murders of two women living there, a crime that inspired books, poems, and later retellings. The island is privately owned but traditionally allows respectful daylight visitors who arrive by their own boat and follow posted rules.
Bangor, ME
Built in 1897, this enormous wooden water tank is enclosed by a shingled structure that looks more like an oversized lighthouse than municipal infrastructure. Its exterior is easy to see, while interior access is limited to occasional public open houses.
