Places Ruthenus Wants to Go

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

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

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

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

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

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

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

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

The deepest metro station in the world.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

The clock that sets them all.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.