Places MrBrowncanmoo Wants to Go

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

This shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary is also a tribute from a mother to her fallen son.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

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

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

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

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

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

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

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

America's first public mental health facility.

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