Places patricklongmire Wants to Go

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.