Places croxrd13 Wants to Go

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

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.

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

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

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

America's first federal monument.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

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

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

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