Places Jillian Wants to Go

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

The oldest house in Washington, D.C. wasn't originally constructed in the nation's capital.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.