Places Added by Virginia Brown

You can still shop in one of West Virginia’s oldest stores.

Soak in the sacred vibes at this beloved food and coffee hangout inside a former church.

In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

The oldest hotel in West Virginia is reportedly frequented by ghosts.

This hands-on museum houses roughly 80 vintage pinball machines and arcade games.

This historic Union Pacific Railroad depot is a stunning symbol of American post-Civil War progress.

This 35-foot troll in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, was made by the world’s leading recycling artist as part of a global fairytale.

This largest dinosaur tracksite in Wyoming is one of the only in the world from the Middle Jurassic Period.

This archaeological dig site and museum is home to one of the largest dinosaur fossil collections in the world.

Cabins once lived in by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are featured at this Old West living history museum.

This late 1800s historic home was moved by land and sea to serve its current role as a welcome center.

A general store and steam engine are standouts at this multi-building historic park.

This small cottage once fell into Tampa Bay but was rescued and restored.

A wonderful world of rare fruits and flowering trees grows in a small botanical park in Bradenton.

This down-home diner has been serving up comfort foods for over 100 years.

This historic drug store-turned-museum served an important role in the Civil Rights Movement.

This Hattiesburg museum honors Black Americans who have served in the military, highlighting homegrown heroes.

The oldest operating hotel in Illinois enjoys a historic (and some say haunted) past.

A taxidermy “mermaid,” vampire-killing kits, and hundreds of other bizarre objects are housed at this quirky museum.

This high-octane event honors Maine’s legacy as the birthplace of logging in the U.S.

Learn about the history and hopeful future of Maine’s nesting birds at this interactive Audubon facility.

George Washington commissioned this centuries-old lighthouse off the coast of Maine.

A far-flung tidal inlet off the coast of Maine produces some of the state’s tastiest oysters.

See the oldest known traditional stone-ground mustard mill at work at this Down East mainstay.