Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

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

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

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

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

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

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

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

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

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

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

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

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

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

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.