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

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

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

An original apothecary from 1792.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.