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A monument first built to honor Confederate soldiers now honors their Union opponents.

The house where Robert E. Lee planned the Battle of Antietam is said to be haunted by the ghost of a Civil War soldier.

This plaque celebrates the sister city relationship between Fredricksburg and Fréjus.

This local mascot has been a presence in the area since the 1960s.

Across from a hotel parking lot, a Confederate spy rests under a large tombstone with her Union Veteran husband behind a copse of trees in a small, well-maintained cemetery.

Dedicated to a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who was also a bird watcher and artist.

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

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

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

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

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

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

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

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

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

An original apothecary from 1792.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

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

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

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.