The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

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

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

America's first public mental health facility.

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

An original apothecary from 1792.

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

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

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

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

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

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

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

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

A public art jibe at one of the United States’ oldest and longest-serving senators.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.