Places devinbrakob Wants to Go

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

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

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

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

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 labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

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

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

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

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

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 old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

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

America's first public mental health facility.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

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.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.