Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
Cathedral Falls
The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.
Circleville, West Virginia
This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.
Richmond, Virginia
Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.
Fairfax Station, Virginia
This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.
Richmond, Virginia
This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.
Saltville, Virginia
This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.
Lorton, Virginia
Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.
Vienna, Virginia
The last vestige of a once substantial orchard and farm in the suburbs of Northern Virginia.
Herndon, Virginia
In 1889, a small group of women began meeting to discuss literature, art, and other topics. Their every-other-week salon grew into a lending library that still exists today.
Wytheville, Virginia
A 100-foot metal tower and swinging bridge that provides stunning views of mountains in five states.
Boyce, Virginia
Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.
Suffolk, Virginia
An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.
Manteo, North Carolina
So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.
Black Mountain, North Carolina
Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.
Linville, North Carolina
You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.
Mortimer, North Carolina
A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.
Hildebran, North Carolina
An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.
Rougemont, North Carolina
A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
Edgewood, Iowa
Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.
Andover, New Hampshire
The final resting place of the first American-born professional magician.