Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

These buildings are a poignant reminder of the thousands of horses and mules who passed through this area of the Shenandoah Valley on their way to war.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

This 80-year old mannequin is so lifelike it is believed to be an embalmed corpse.

A secret greenspace hides atop a Capitol parking garage.

Now a living classroom, this house was once the home of Reverend James Clinton Dent, a formerly enslaved man and a pastor.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

The final resting place of one of the most important figures in the world of tea.

The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.

A tea party concludes each visit to this Russian spice cookie sanctum.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.

One of the largest and most scenic of Bangladesh's tea gardens.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.