Places patrickboe Wants to Go

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

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

For decades these polar bears have roamed all around a Nashville neighborhood.

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

This massive sycamore tree has been labeled as one of the largest in the state.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

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

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

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

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.