Places mmhales Wants to Go

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

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

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

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

An original apothecary from 1792.

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

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.