Places meredithp Wants to Go

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

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

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This small cafe aims to empower acid attack victims and stop violence against women in India.

A tribute to the beloved, kind-hearted "homeless mayor" of Silver Spring.

Its diverse collection of computers and technology spans the ages.

The wooded estate of the Forest Service employee responsible for D.C.’s cherry blossom trees.

This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

The development and impact of electronic media showcased in a picturesque farmhouse in Maryland.

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.

Politicians, bureaucrats, and military officers gathered in this field near the Capitol to settle their disputes with blood.

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

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.