This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

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

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

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

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

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

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

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

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

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

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

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

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.