Places cervidologist Wants to Go

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

Trek up to an abandoned fire lookout from the 1930s for an unimpeded view.

This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

Amazing collection of over 2,000 live birds from around the world, many of which are rare or endangered.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

A famous—but endangered—plant is on view at an unassuming nature preserve a quick drive from Myrtle Beach.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

This sprawling taxidermy collection celebrates the art and history of sport hunting.