The Parnu Museum in Parnu, Estonia welcomes you to the fascinating wonder of 11,000 years of history with exciting exhibits and displays. Come for a walk in the past with permanent exhibitions that introduce the life and times of eras long passed, with the main exhibits showing developments from Neolithic times right up to the late 1980s. There's a mini cinema showing archival films, and there's a stone age Madonna, they oldest known human sculpture at more than 8000 years old, a fragment of a 14th-century merchant ship, and a glass floor through which you see archaeological remnants of one of the town's historic gates and much more. Stop at the Parnu Museum Cafe for tasty treats from the past as well as modern dishes, and the museum shop has a wonderful and distinctive selection of merchandise, a must visit.READ MORE

The Norton Priory Museum and Gardens in Runcorn, Cheshire, England is managed by a trust and offers a wide ranging events programme and activities for all ages, there are also lectures and tours including nearby Halton Castle. The 18th century Walled Garden is absolutely stunning with orchards, a fruit garden, beautiful rose walks, a wildflower meadow and woodland surrounds. The Norton Priory Museum and Gardens features a 12th century undercroft, and the museum, the Norton Priory is the most excavated monastic site in Europe with statues, stone carvings, grave markers and other excavated material for a fascinating walk back through their 900 year history. The Norton Priory Museum and Gardens is ideal for groups and the venue is available for hire, for functions and corporate events, and makes for a beautiful wedding venue in the Georgian Walled Garden or the atmospheric Medieval undercroft and ruins setting the idyllic scene for your special day. Come for a fascinating visit and tour, it's all here.READ MORE

Hammocks Beach State Park in Swansboro, North Carolina, USA has incredible trails and activities, and they offer intrepretive programs and exhibits teaching about park ecology and wildlife including the nesting shorebirds and endangered sea turtles. Come explore Beach Island or Huggins Island, bring your kayaks, canoes or paddleboards or rent one, there's also a full service visitor center which is the launch site for the passenger ferry service that will bring you, or you could paddle out. Hammocks Beach State Park also has primitive campsites near the beach and inlet, and they can accommodate two tents each, ideal for up to 6 people, travel light and simple as they say, because you must carry all provisions from the beach or ferry dock. Come for a wonderful visit, and educational journey, explore paddling trails leading to marshes, they unspoiled maritime forest and more, it's a beautiful and memorable park.READ MORE

Bagno Giglio Blu in Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, Italy is a beautiful private beach and bay located in the Blue Giglio Campese bay overlooking the stretch of sea facing the island of Montecristo and Elba. This little corner of relaxation offers parking and notable orange umbrellas for relaxing under, there are rafts, canoes, windsurfers, pedal boats and sailboats available for rent for the more active. Bagno Giglio Blu also organizes swimming lessons, canoeing, windsurfing and sailing as well as motorised activities on the beach and children have their own space and activities. Come for a day of fun in the sun on this well maintained beach, it's a magical place of relaxation on the beautiful island.READ MORE

The Holt Pond Preserve in Bridgton, Maine, USA offers a wonderful experience over the 400 acres and is located in starting at the parking area with the path taking you through a mixed forest of birch, beech, hemlock, and pine. There's a stone wall with red maple swamp behind featuring migrating birds in spring, and from there on to several hummocks and a nutrient rich glacial deposit and the Muddy River. The Holt Pond Preserve has fascinating plant eating insects, moose, minks, a resident beaver, fish and many other wild animals and plant life, there's also an overlook boardwalk that crosses over a quaking mat of sphagnum moss. Come appreciate the beauty of nature, revel in her wonders, and enjoy a wonderful visit in every season.READ MORE

Rufus Porter Museum and Cultural Heritage Center in Bridgton, Maine, USA brings to life the world and inspiring works of Rufus Porter, an American artist and inventor with a fascinating history. Rufus designed over 100 inventions, and patented many of them, and was instrumental in designing and airship, constructing his first model in 1833, often ridiculed for his ideas he played an important part in the history of aerial navigation. The Rufus Porter Museum and Cultural Heritage Center has a museum store with books, souvenirs and arts available for shipping, and is housed in a historical building, the Webb House.READ MORE

The William F. Perry House is a stunning attraction in Bridgton, Maine, USA and was originally built in 1874 and is currently listed on the National Historic register. With a long history going back to just two years before Jesse James robbed the Northfield Bank, it's a beautiful and wonderful attraction, and ghost tours are available through companies and individuals in the area. Richard G. Stevens has started a project to restore the building to it's original splendor and elegance and to provide an interior suitable for commercial, retail and professional occupancy in historical surrounds, and your are invited to be a part of this exciting restoration and project, the William F. Perry House awaits you.READ MORE

Cape Newagen Alpaca Farm in Southport, Maine, USA is open year round and create hand spun yarn available in their store. They also have custom design knitted accessories from their Alpaca yarn all natural without chemicals or dyes and there's Alpaca compost for sale. This small, family run Alpaca Farm offers fascinating farm tours where you can learn about the alpacas, and you can even learn spinning, knitting and peg loom instruction in their studio. Cape Newagen Alpaca Farm has custom designed accessories like warm alpaca socks, knitted mitts, scarves, chapeaus and much more, come for an unforgettable visit.READ MORE

The Hendricks Hill Museum in Southport, Maine in preserves items relating to life on Southport island from the 1800's to the 1950's as they say and visitors can view the seagoing tools of fishing trades and schooners, ice harvesting tools, wooden boats, navigational instruments and charts, carpenter's tools, pictures, clothing, household items and much more. The building house dates back to 1810 and the boatshop houses three exhibit rooms and a reference room with archival and genealogical materials. The Hendricks Hill Museum is free to visit and is open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, come for a fascinating and informative visit.READ MORE

Sebago Lake State Park in Casco, Maine, USA is a forested lakeside park on the shore of Maine's deepest and second largest lake, and has 1400 beautiful acres at the foothills of the White Mountains. The park boasts sandy beaches, ponds, bogs and a river, has extensive woodlands and a variety of plant and animal life. Sebago Lake State Park has a campground with RV hookup for electricity and water and an RV dumping station, there's a trailered boat launch, food service, showers, playground and group picnic shelter, there are hiking trails and you can enjoy swimming and fishing in the lake, motorized boating, canoeing, cross country skiing, snowshoeing and more, come for a memorable visit.READ MORE