Places olnswt Wants to Go

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

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

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

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

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.

America's first federal monument.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

An original apothecary from 1792.

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

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

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.