Places DrJennT Wants to Go

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.

Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

Floor-to-ceiling frescoes by local art students cover the interior of a nearly 200-year-old church.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

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

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.