Places briantilley101 Wants to Go

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

Mid-Century Modern Meets Millionaire’s Row.

During segregation, this Orlando hotel hosted performers like Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Now it's a museum dedicated to preserving local Black history.

A different kind of swan princess.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

A glimpse into early 19th-century education.

A renovated schoolhouse that highlights the history of Clarke County's Black community.

Once home to a booming 19th-century oil town, the park now houses a World War II submarine memorial complete with a torpedo.

This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.

This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

In 1869, Swiss and German immigrants settled in this small town in the mountains of West Virginia.

A 21-foot-tall statue of a miner made of scrap metal stands in this West Virginia coal town.