Places sheinsis Wants to Go

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

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

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

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

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

An original apothecary from 1792.

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

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

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.

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

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

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