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.

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

America's first federal monument.

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

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

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

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

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

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

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

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

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

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

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

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

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

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

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

America's first public mental health facility.

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