Places hopemch Wants to Go

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

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

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

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

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

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

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

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

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

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

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

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

Play everything you see at a museum dedicated to a town's historic organ industry.

An unexpected canine grave atop a mountain.

Who is this marble man, perpetually creeping up the steps of his own mausoleum?

This historic folk museum celebrates the attention to detail that makes America great.

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

A classic roadside attraction on Vermont's historic Route 5.

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.