Places apojudy Wants to Go

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

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

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

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

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.