Places phildzielski Wants to Go

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

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.

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

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

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

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

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

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

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

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.