This environmental engineering marvel keeps salt water from the Elizabeth River.

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

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

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

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

One of the few remaining Rosenwald Schools left in Virginia.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

A vast collection of everyday items amassed by one man.

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

The oldest church building in the state.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.

The location where the American Revolution ended.

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.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

A small ballpark on Maryland's eastern shore pays homage to its favorite son, the most fearsome home run hitter of the dead ball era.

This one-room schoolhouse played a significant role in the education of Black children for almost 100 years.

This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.

The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.

Both the building and blades of this reconstructed 19th-century windmill can turn in a breeze.

Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.

The only one-room schoolhouse remaining in Talbot County, Maryland.