Places marykate Wants to Go

Chef Ashleigh Shanti serves up a classic Appalachian fish fry.

During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

A literal in-depth look at one of the United States' most cherished coal mines and the questionable working conditions of its laborers

One of the Treasury Building's original columns now sits as a garden monument in the middle of a busy military base.

This small museum houses rare airplanes from aviation's golden age.

This small pedestal marks the spot of the first lot of land sold in Alexandria, Virginia in 1749.

Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.

Remnants of a wall built to separate Black residents of Hall's Hill from a newly built subdivision are a grim reminder of segregation in 20th-century Virginia.

This monument traces the segregation line that inspired the first rural branch of the NAACP.

A gift from Scotland to the United States in memory of the 270 lives lost when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie due to a terrorist bombing.

The last vestige of a once substantial orchard and farm in the suburbs of Northern Virginia.

This pharmacist and his patient greet visitors to the National Community Pharmacists Association.

Recorded as the first person buried in Arlington Cemetery.

A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.

A highway marker that honors a former spy plane pilot and local hero.

In what is rumored to be an intentional act of spite, this memorial almost completely obscures the nearby grave of a senior officer.

The well-preserved remnants of a bridge that once made up a WW1-era military railroad.