Places nejuum Wants to Go

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

The grave of a man who spent 23 days trapped underground after a mine collapse.

A watchhouse constructed from tombstones, to make way for a burial pit, for the victims succumbing to a deadly disease.

An inverted staircase above the entrance to the Bethnal Green Underground Station functions as a memorial for people who lost their lives during the worst civilian disaster in the U.K. during World War II.

A small cave with a larger-than-life legend.

With roots dating back to 1942, this retro diner was where Hank Williams is said to have uttered his last words.

Constructed during the roaring 20s, this restored historic hotel recalls its past as home to the first in-hotel distillery.

Dine in a former general store from the Roaring Twenties, when Eggleston was a hot springs boomtown.

Across from a hotel parking lot, a Confederate spy rests under a large tombstone with her Union Veteran husband behind a copse of trees in a small, well-maintained cemetery.

The woman whose immortal cell line continues to shape scientific research was buried near her birthplace in a grave that was left unmarked for nearly 60 years.

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.

This small pedestal marks the spot of the first lot of land sold in Alexandria, Virginia in 1749.

The site of one of the deadliest skirmishes during the Battle of Fredricksburg.

The only labyrinth within the city of Alexandria.

The solitary grave of a schooner captain killed by lightning while serving biscuits.

This site is believed to be connected to the oldest house in Arlington County.

A secret rendezvous spot where John S. Mosby and his Rangers would meet to divvy up their loot after raids.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

A unique museum tells the story of the day-to-day life of World War I soldiers.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

A section in the cemetery mostly for circus performers, including victims of the famous 1918 Hammond Circus train wreck.