Places yazdisi Wants to Go

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

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

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

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

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

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

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.

The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.