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All the United States Maine Southwest Harbor

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Southwest Harbor

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Southwest Harbor, Maine

Updated July 5, 2022

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Southwest Harbor, Maine

Mount Desert Spring Blues Brothers

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

Southwest Harbor, Maine

Wendell Gilley Museum

One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.
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Beautiful colors found at Asticou Azalea Gardens.

Northeast Harbor, Maine

Asticou Azalea Garden

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.
2 miles from Southwest Harbor
Seal Cove Auto Museum

Tremont, Maine

Seal Cove Auto Museum

One of the country's best automotive museums and home to one of the first motor vehicles.
4 miles from Southwest Harbor
Bubble Rock

Mount Desert, Maine

Bubble Rock

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.
4 miles from Southwest Harbor

Bar Harbor, Maine

Jordan Pond Popovers

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.
6 miles from Southwest Harbor
Birch bark canoe handmade by the Wabanaki.

Bar Harbor, Maine

Reis Education Canoe

The first handmade canoe built by members of the Passamaquoddy in over a century.
9 miles from Southwest Harbor
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