Places mcquigg Wants to Go

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

This giant 200-year-old ginkgo is one of the largest in the United States.

This plaque celebrates the sister city relationship between Fredricksburg and Fréjus.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

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

Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church.

Hidden deep within New Jersey Pine Barrens is a massive graffiti wonderland.

A "Bugseum" dedicated to all things insect-related resides behind a pest control company.

This Hindu temple in suburban New Jersey is the largest in the United States and one of the largest in the world.

These medicine cabinet staples are part of the museum's collection of everyday objects.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

A curious building honoring past and current members of a historic musical comedy troupe.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.