Places Primo Wants to Go

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

The second-largest natural arch in the Chartreuse Mountains.

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

This limestone outcropping was once a ceremonial site for ancient Native Americans.

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

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

These buildings are a poignant reminder of the thousands of horses and mules who passed through this area of the Shenandoah Valley on their way to war.

A secret rendezvous spot where John S. Mosby and his Rangers would meet to divvy up their loot after raids.

John Tyler never got to be buried at his beloved home, but every pet his family owned since has been.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

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

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.