Places vplunetta Wants to Go

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

America's first federal monument.

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

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

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

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

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

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

The farmhouse where a reclusive sculptor and printmaker created thousands of works.

The childhood home of one of Ohio's favorite sons, pilot and war hero Eddie Rickenbacker.

Beautiful views of the surrounding hills and birds of prey can be found at this sanctuary.

Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

This massive sycamore tree has been labeled as one of the largest in the state.

Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.