This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

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

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

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

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

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

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

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

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

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

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

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

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

This eccentric mansion museum holds a impressive collection of rare and automatic instruments.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

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

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

Though technically an illegal structure, this eclectic DIY apartment complex is beloved by its residents.