Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

The final home of the most famous horse of the American Civil War.

The all-but-forgotten cemetery is Eastern Loudon County's largest African-American burial ground.

One of the Treasury Building's original columns now sits as a garden monument in the middle of a busy military base.

This tower was once used to create ammunition for early settlers.

This small pedestal marks the spot of the first lot of land sold in Alexandria, Virginia in 1749.

This one-room schoolhouse was revitalized in 2007 as a museum focusing on the education of Black children during the early 20th-century.

Remnants of a wall built to separate Black residents of Hall's Hill from a newly built subdivision are a grim reminder of segregation in 20th-century Virginia.

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.

This monument traces the segregation line that inspired the first rural branch of the NAACP.

This unique structure is the only one of its kind in Virginia.

The childhood home of the famous general's mother is now a small, walled garden.

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

The solitary grave of a schooner captain killed by lightning while serving biscuits.

This former POW camp was transformed into a Cold War missile installation.

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

Get up close and personal at this Fresnel Lens.

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

A glimpse into the sacrifices of military members during World War II.

This little brick tunnel built by Confederate forces was used to conduct surprise attacks on the railroad.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.