Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

America's first public mental health facility.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

An original apothecary from 1792.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

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

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.