Places j3taylor Wants to Go

Jamestown may have been the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, but the colonists made landfall at a lesser known cape.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

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

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

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

The childhood home of the famous general's mother is now a small, walled garden.

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

In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

The final resting place for an internet icon.

Constructed during the roaring 20s, this restored historic hotel recalls its past as home to the first in-hotel distillery.