Places DrJennT Wants to Go

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

Before he was "Bob Marley, international reggae superstar," he was "Donald Marley," a Delaware resident and forklift operator working under an assumed name. This park tells the story.

In October 1856, Harriet Tubman escaped arrest at this site while attempting to reunite an enslaved woman named Tilly with her fiancé.

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

Hundreds of iconic jazz records were made in this church-like space.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

A piece of telecommunications history.

Said to be haunted, this tower was constructed by a sugar importer as a gift to his wife.

The radio station that's been promising to make love to you for the last 15 years—if you happen to be on one specific block in suburban New Jersey.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

A heartwarming message to those entering and departing Music City from above.

An attack on a prominent Black attorney's house sparked a watershed moment in Nashville's civil rights movement.

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.