Places Crystal Hunkin Wants to Go

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

This small museum houses rare airplanes from aviation's golden age.

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

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

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

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

This former POW camp was transformed into a Cold War missile installation.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

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

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

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

A journey along this trail means indulging in a slice of nostalgia.

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.