Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."