Graves in Virginia

A memorial dedicated to the famed North Pole explorer appropriately sits at the far edge of Arlington National Cemetery.

An unkempt, oddly placed piece of land keeps an elderly farming couple in a residential area.

Recorded as the first person buried in Arlington Cemetery.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

The solitary grave of a schooner captain killed by lightning while serving biscuits.

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.

A small, forgotten prison cemetery marked only by a wrought-iron fence and eerie depressions left in the ground.

A 14-foot monument marks the resting place of two of the town's earliest residents—and one unknown soldier.

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

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

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

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

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

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

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