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

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

A journey along this trail means indulging in a slice of nostalgia.

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

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.

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

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

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

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

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

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

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

A disarmed 40-foot nuclear missile on display outside a North Carolina church.

The replica western town of Shadowhawk was built by a former Hollywood actor in Smithfield, North Carolina.

One of the few remaining railroad turntables is hidden near downtown Raleigh.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

A mini-Stonehenge in the corner of the North Carolina state capitol grounds.

This family-owned diner has been slinging chili dogs since 1940.