Places Doot Wants to Go

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The historic home of an educator, abolitionist, activist, and poet.

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

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

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

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

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

A white oak with property rights.

The picturesque southern city served as the zombie-filled town of Woodbury in 'The Walking Dead.'