Places amymanikowski Wants to Go

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.