Places Zesra Wants to Go

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

It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.

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

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

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

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

This remote museum highlights the island’s impressive creative legacy.

A far-flung tidal inlet off the coast of Maine produces some of the state’s tastiest oysters.

A natural rock silhouette on Cape Elizabeth's scenic Shore Road, reminiscent of New Hampshire's "Old Man of the Mountain."

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

Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.

This high-octane event honors Maine’s legacy as the birthplace of logging in the U.S.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

The only museum in the world dedicated to the global, historic, and modern art of beadwork.

Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.

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

One of the country's best automotive museums and home to one of the first motor vehicles.

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

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

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.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

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