New York, New York
The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Centralia, Pennsylvania
Centralia Ghost Town Church
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
Centralia
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Permanently Closed
Los Angeles, California
Underground Tunnels of Los Angeles
During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.
Staunton, Virginia
Frontier Culture Museum
Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.
Richmond, Virginia
Agecroft Hall and Gardens
A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke Star
Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Wash Woods Settlement
The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.
Staunton, Virginia
American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse
The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop
This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
New River Gorge Bridge
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg's Mini Statue of Liberty
A local prank turned town icon.
Locust Grove, Virginia
Grave of Stonewall Jackson's Arm
The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.
Baltimore, Maryland
Mr. Trash Wheel
This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.
Arlington, Virginia
Ronald Reagan National Airport's Historic Terminal A
The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.
Washington, D.C.
Historic Elevator at Potbelly
This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.
Washington, D.C.
Alferd Packer Cannibal Plaque
A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.
Washington, D.C.
National Archives Vault
An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.
Washington, D.C.
Renwick Gallery
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
Arlington, Virginia
Rosslyn Metro Escalator
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Richmond, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe Museum
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
Richmond, Virginia
Ruins of Belle Isle
A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.
Goldvein, Virginia
Hornet Balls
These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Monument to the Angel of Marye's Heights
The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.
