Northeast — open filings

Open to visit in Maine

18 dossiers in Maine carry the open to the public filing — the legend is on record and the door, per the last source, is open. Access is a filing, not a guarantee: hours, tickets and seasonality live with the venue. Everything else in the archive stays documented but admired from the legal distance.

18 open dossiers3 counties coveredSeguin Island Light Station — deepest file

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Seguin Island Light Station

Georgetown, Maine

Active offshore lighthouse with keeper folklore and firsthand caretaker reports.

4 claims · 2 legends→

George W. Wells

The 1900 schooner—the first six-master.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Owls Head Lighthouse

Owls Head, Maine

The 1825 knoll light with the frozen lovers legend.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Boon Island Lighthouse

The bare ledge where a keeper’s wife reportedly went mad.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Knox

Prospect, Maine

The 1844 granite fort on the Penobscot—where the ghosts reportedly patrol.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Colonel Buck’s Tomb

Bucksport, Maine

The witch’s curse on the founder’s monument—Bucksport’s legend.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Elephant Mountain B-52 site

Greenville, Maine

January 24, 1963—the Stratofortress that broke apart over the mountain.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Mount Katahdin

Millinocket, Maine

The 5,269-foot peak—the Penobscot’s sacred mountain.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Moosehead Lake

Greenville, Maine

The state’s largest lake—where the legends outnumber the islands.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Allagash abduction site

Allagash, Maine

August 1976—the canoe trip where four men reported missing time.

Portland Head Light

Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Maine’s most photographed light—1791 and the Annie Lee wreck.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Route 2A near Wytopitlock

Wytopitlock, Maine

Northern Maine road corridor with vanishing-traveler and truck-driving lore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Former Quarry Settlement

Hurricane Island Quarry Settlement

Vinalhaven, Maine

Former granite-quarry community now containing an educational campus and restricted private areas.

Harriet Beecher Stowe House

Brunswick, Maine

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Swan Island (Perkins Township)

Perkins Township, Maine

Former island settlement preserved within a state wildlife management area.

Former Settlement

Malaga Island

Phippsburg, Maine

Former community and preserve commemorating a racially motivated eviction.

Cryptozoology Museum

International Cryptozoology Museum — Bangor

Museum interpreting cryptid reports, objects and popular culture at its new Bangor location.

Fort William Henry at Pemaquid

Colonial fort remains and a reconstructed tower at a repeatedly contested settlement.

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Record last amended October 2, 2026