Places mbshupin Wants to Go

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

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

A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

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

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

Once the world's largest reinforced concrete structure, this abandoned bridge now beckons urban explorers.

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

An unusual and eclectic collection of local historical memorabilia.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

The humble field where the first Major League Baseball game was played.