Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

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

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

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

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

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

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.

Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.

A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

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

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.