Places Wendy Jones Wants to Go

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

A sweet tribute to Georgia's official state vegetable, which even has its own mascot: "Yumion."

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.

FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

The only subterranean ping pong table in Atlanta.

The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.

A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit. 

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.

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

The first successful human heart transplant is depicted through wax figures at the hospital where it the surgery took place.

A giant concrete Brutalist water tower in suburban Johannesburg.

South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.

This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.

Crumbling Kennedys and a decaying Tecumseh are just some of the haunting remains of one man's cement art trail.

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

One man has spent decades faithfully constructing this unique brick and cinderblock castle.

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.