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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Bath, Maine

Updated May 20, 2024

Unusual Attractions in Bath

Bath, Maine

Wyoming Sculpture

One of the largest wooden ships ever built is honored by a steel sculpture evoking her once-superlative scale.

Torii Gate (foreground), BIW’s Crane 11 (background)

Bath, Maine

Bath-Tsugaru Torii Gate

Maine's only authentic torri gate celebrates a longstanding international relationship that started with the rescue of four sailors.

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Brunswick, Maine

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum

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

6 miles from Bath

Boothbay, Maine

Guardians of the Seeds Trolls

Five mythical trolls have taken up residence in woods and hidden on paths at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

8 miles from Bath

Coin-Operated Orchestra Machine with Little Men Playing Bells

Wiscasset, Maine

Musical Wonder House

An 18th-century home taken over by antique automatons and musical machines (Closed).

9 miles from Bath

Boothbay, Maine

Kenneth E. Stoddard Shell Museum

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

10 miles from Bath

Boothbay Harbor, Maine

The Sarah Mead

The last sailing lobster boat in Maine is also likely New England's first zero-emissions commercial vessel.

11 miles from Bath

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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Bath

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Bath, Maine

Updated May 20, 2024

Unusual Attractions in Bath

Bath, Maine

Wyoming Sculpture

Bath, Maine

Bath-Tsugaru Torii Gate

Brunswick, Maine

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum

Boothbay, Maine

Guardians of the Seeds Trolls

Wiscasset, Maine

Musical Wonder House

Boothbay, Maine

Kenneth E. Stoddard Shell Museum

Boothbay Harbor, Maine

The Sarah Mead

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