This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.

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

One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.

A shoreline exhibit describing the disastrous first attempt by the French to colonize North America.

This nature mural exists to protect the surrounding environment and its own canvas from destruction.

A nature and outdoor art preserve features the large-scale, abstract works of a renowned Maine folk artist.

Floor-to-ceiling frescoes by local art students cover the interior of a nearly 200-year-old church.

The largest hand-carved, outdoor sculpture collection in the state of Maine.

This museum explores the history of policing and is also home to a very popular taxidermied duck.

On Hurricane Island, a former ghost town has been transformed into a forward-thinking research center.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

Walk the same tracks that once ferried Gilded Age aristocrats to their vacation destinations.

The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.

Hidden among the trees at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center are more than 20 gnomes in small wooden houses.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.

They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.

A beautiful, water-filled quarry that has become a popular haunt for swimmers and artists.

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

Steam engines and conveyor belts are remnants of a genius system left in the middle of the Maine woods.

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.