Places blueridgeslikers Wants to Go

Florida's first suspension bridge.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

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

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

This non-binary preacher formed a religious movement in the region of New York later known as the “Burned-Over District.”

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

A shoreline exhibit describing the disastrous first attempt by the French to colonize North America.

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

Steam engines and conveyor belts are remnants of a genius system left in the middle of the Maine woods.

This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.

The "Heroine of Dunkirk" rescued over 7,000 Allied troops during the historic World War II evacuation.

This cabin survived a landslide that killed its owners.

Overlooking the seaside town of Margate stands a tribute to an artist's lover.

The Old Man of the Mountain’s less-famous, but still beloved little brother is said to resemble a leader of the Abenaki tribe.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Wood carving meets bird conservation at this museum showcasing the life's work of one man.

A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.