Places michaelamiller Wants to Go

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

Thousands of tiny squares in different colors make up this piece of street art.

A lone grave is quietly tucked away in Kanawha Riflemen's Memorial Park.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

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

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.