Places KR Peart Wants to Go

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

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.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.