Places Debby Morris Wants to Go

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

A striking memorial to the 21 lives lost in an explosion at the Washington Arsenal

Now a living classroom, this house was once the home of Reverend James Clinton Dent, a formerly enslaved man and a pastor.

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

Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.

This house was once the location of Frelinghuysen University.

An 18th-century townhouse that once hosted guests of the president.

The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

A 1960s damming project turned one family’s hilltop cemetery into an island.

At one of the nation’s longest-running professional theaters, the audience used to barter for tickets with produce and livestock.

Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?

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

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

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

Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.