Places Tometheus Wants to Go

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

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.

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

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

Sway your way across Virginia’s longest river on a rickety wooden bridge.

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

This scout retreat, still in use today, was the filming location for the original “Friday the 13th” film.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

In 1869, Swiss and German immigrants settled in this small town in the mountains of West Virginia.

A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

Burial site of the notorious Chicago gangster.

Larger-than-life sculptures of the world’s most famous cat mark the birthplace of creator Jim Davis.