Places Ryshili Wants to Go

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

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

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

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

An original apothecary from 1792.

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

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

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

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

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

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.