Places geopiggies Wants to Go

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

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

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

A renovated schoolhouse that highlights the history of Clarke County's Black community.

A collection of thousands of pieces of unique, colorful glass made in this Ohio town.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

A natural spring situated on the grounds of the Hawthorne estate.

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

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

A glimpse into the sacrifices of military members during World War II.

The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.