Places Abhunt42 Wants to Go

History says that America’s first English industrial manufacture began here with a “tryal of glasse.”

Amid miles of wooded trails lies the story of one of America’s earliest free Black communities.

A centuries-old Virginia mill pond is also an outdoor classroom where history is told through recipes.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

This park offers one of the easiest ways to paddle into a Chesapeake landscape that has looked much the same for centuries.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

Under some of the darkest skies east of the Mississippi, this park invites you to look up into the Milky Way.

This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

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

A rare example of pre-Revolutionary war Georgian-style architecture in Virginia's Piedmont region.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

This museum celebrates a legendary railroad photographer whose personal life was as dramatic as his photos.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.