Places callan726 Wants to Go

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

A fascinating little museum all about the rich history of Peru’s famous plant.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

America's first federal monument.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

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

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

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