Places DrJennT Wants to Go

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

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

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.

The last vestige of a once substantial orchard and farm in the suburbs of Northern Virginia.

Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.

This small pedestal marks the spot of the first lot of land sold in Alexandria, Virginia in 1749.

The Harlem Renaissance poet and activist wrote, organized, and hosted travelers in this Lynchburg, Virginia oasis.

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.