Places JennyG Wants to Go

Tales of ghosts, cryptids, and true crime rise from the murky waters of the largest freshwater wetland in Massachusetts.

A spectacular slot canyon at the northern edge of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

An 18th-century hunting lodge turned haunted Baroque palace.

In an Emirati park near the Omani border, a reconstructed Bronze Age tomb with impressive reliefs.

A terrace reminiscent of Rome's Spanish Steps is tucked away in a little park in Washington, D.C.

A town half-submerged in volcanic mud has become a pilgrimage site for devotees of one of the tragedy's victims.

Venture from downtown Houston to the suburb of Katy for stellar Malaysian food.

In 1888, a resident of Xagħra, Malta, discovered a small underground chamber filled with stalactites and stalagmites when digging a well.

This South-by-South-Asian restaurant serves up Indian-spiced Southern fried chicken and a Desi-style pastrami.

Viet-Cajun is a true hybrid cuisine that evolved in Houston and at this Asiatown mainstay, there’s more to it than just crawfish.

According to legend, after Hades pulled Persephone into the underworld, one of her attendant nymphs cried so much that her tears formed this spring.

Look no further than this local institution for the best East Texas–style barbecue.

Just a few graves remain in this neighborhood that was once a cemetery for foreigners.

Residing quietly in suburban Maryland, this tree has a star-powered history and was grown from a seed that journeyed to space on Apollo 14.

A trio of waterfalls inside the world’s largest urban forest.

The ceiling of this shopping arcade is adorned with six trompe-l’œil artworks, including a grim funeral scene.

Signs illustrate the bizarre legend of St. Felix's arrival in this English village, which led to the consecration of a beaver.

This solitary stone engraved with a poem from 1852 has a mysterious and tragic past.

The eerie remains of one of Ireland's oldest castles, said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who brings ill fate.

Local artists have long claimed these highway pylons as a place to celebrate Mexican-American history through artwork.

Descendants of the samurai who guarded Matsusaka Castle during the Edo period still live in these charming historic houses (and visitors can enter one of them for free).

The oldest stone lion in Okinawa survived a major battle during World War II.

This centuries-old mansion was the home of the noted 19th-century diarist Anne Lister (aka “Gentleman Jack”).

On Green Island, a rock resembling the ancient Chinese sage gazes contemplatively out at sea.