Places Nomad Sez Wants to Go

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

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

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

Each tide uncovers a shoreline where Virginia’s prehistoric past washes up.

The first federal construction project authorized under the Constitution

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

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

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

The longest pier in North America stretches over the Chesapeake Bay.

A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

Jamestown may have been the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, but the colonists made landfall at a lesser known cape.

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

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

Sway your way across Virginia’s longest river on a rickety wooden bridge.

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

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

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

Visit the site where the original Krispy Kreme doughnut was made back in 1937.