Places Roysli Wants to Go

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

Under some of the darkest skies east of the Mississippi, this park invites you to look up into the Milky Way.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

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

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

Sway your way across Virginia’s longest river on a rickety wooden bridge.

The Harlem Renaissance poet and activist wrote, organized, and hosted travelers in this Lynchburg, Virginia oasis.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

A collection of abstract sculptures by a former tobacco auctioneer turned outsider artist.

Get up close and personal at this Fresnel Lens.

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

A haunting—but not haunted—chapel remains in the woods.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

Not only is this nature preserve the largest protected freshwater island on the East Coast, but it’s also a stronghold of Gullah living.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.