Places matthewmetcalfe Wants to Go

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

A life-sized memorial to Harry L. Collins, the official corporate magician of Frito-Lay.

This tombstone marks the final resting place of the beloved 1990's character, Ernest P. Worrell.

One of the greatest boxers and humanitarians to ever live chose his hometown as his final resting place.

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

Right next to departures—how convenient!

The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

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

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

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

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.