Places SamWPiano Wants to Go

Learn about the history and hopeful future of Maine’s nesting birds at this interactive Audubon facility.

Located in the historic home of a newspaper publisher, this museum is dedicated to the Freedom of Speech.

A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

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

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.

A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.

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

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

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.

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

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

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

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.