Places DrJennT Wants to Go

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.

The only free-standing, vertical sundial in the US was keeping standard time before it was even invented.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

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

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

Hundreds of fiberglass structures line the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.

This 19th-century zoological collection has withstood the test of time.