Places Jen Seriously Wants to Go

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This collection of ferns from across the globe is the largest assortment in the United States.

Like Mars, but much closer.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.