Places The Sitch Wants to Go

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

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

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

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

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

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

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

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

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

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

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

The discovery site of the "Capitalsaurus," the official dinosaur of Washington, D.C.

Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.