Places emcelroy Wants to Go

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

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

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

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

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

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.