Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

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

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

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

A whimsical folk art environment where you can lose yourself in the many colors of joy, beauty, and creativity.

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

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

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

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

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

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

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

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

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

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.