Places guenevere Wants to Go

The Trappist monk, prophet-poet, and rebel never really got to live out the eremitic life he was seeking.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

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

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

A famous—but endangered—plant is on view at an unassuming nature preserve a quick drive from Myrtle Beach.

A wildlife-filled oasis just off the coast of Myrtle Beach.

This ranch on the banks of the Rio Grande is home to a little-known LGBTQ history of Mary Cabot Wheelwright, Marie Chabot, and two-spirit Navajo weaver Hastiin Klah.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

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

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.

A beautiful red-faced slot canyon in northern New Mexico.

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.

The vanishing remains of an old water station from the late 19th century.

This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.