Places KristenM1983 Wants to Go

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.

Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

University of New Hampshire holds the documentation and artifacts of local alien abductees.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

An original apothecary from 1792.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.