Places sarahltait Wants to Go

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

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

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

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

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

The branches of this sprawling cedar tree are laden with wishes big and small.

A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.

The childhood home of the famous general's mother is now a small, walled garden.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

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

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

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

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

Picturesque basketball courts sheltered by historical defensive walls and with an enviable sea view.

This pavement line and accompanying statue commemorates the starting point for the world's oldest annual marathon.

A bronze and stone statue made to recognize the life and career of a Russian aristocrat turned English rugby player.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.