A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

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

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

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

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

America's first federal monument.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

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

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

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

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

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