Places Amanda Little Wants to Go

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

The first burial place of the Harmonist Society, a utopian community for which the surrounding town of Harmony is named.

One couple’s bespoke castle is one of Pittsburgh's most fashionable dining spots. 

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

Slated for demolition in 1962, the historic Pomeroy-Academia Covered Bridge was saved by conservationists.

No one knows who painted this mysterious mural in a Penn State basement.

This beloved ice cream shop raises its own cows to ensure the highest quality dairy products.

Construction uncovered this trove of fossils, which visitors are welcome to add to their own collections.

These hooded graves are the only of their kind in the United States.

Descend into the world’s longest-running deep anthracite coal mine.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

A tropical paradise once home to space exploration and military installations.

The final resting place for Bermuda's British military, including a man who died of sunstroke.

The abandoned Bermudian home of a British naval leader is surrounded by crumbling sporting fields and the graves of convicts.

In Bermuda, this formal naval residence has become a go-to for cliff-jumpers and hikers.

Where a rare geological phenomenon created a section of rock that resembles a checkerboard.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.