Places sherryolet Wants to Go

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

Erected in 1697 this Philadelphia bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge and perhaps the oldest stone bridge in the United States.

Descendants of this colonial Pennsylvania family still travel from far and wide to visit the 300-year-old home of their Quaker ancestors.

The longest covered bridge in Delaware.

One of the oldest of its kind.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

Every winter, this tiny islet on Florida’s Gulf Coast is swarmed by some of the largest birds on the continent.

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

Some believe Ponce de León's mystical spring lurks right under a public drinking fountain.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

The world's largest rotating world.

A beautiful, water-filled quarry that has become a popular haunt for swimmers and artists.

A nature and outdoor art preserve features the large-scale, abstract works of a renowned Maine folk artist.

Smoky, also known as "Yorkie Doodle Dandy," was a four-pound hero of World War II.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."