Places melissabaker Wants to Go

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

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

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

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.

This beach-side arcade is believed to be the oldest penny arcade in America.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

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

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

A collection of birdhouses await curious motorists and avian squatters.

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

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

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

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.