The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

Honoring combatants from Portsmouth who served in Cuba and the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.

This environmental engineering marvel keeps salt water from the Elizabeth River.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

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

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

Constructed during the roaring 20s, this restored historic hotel recalls its past as home to the first in-hotel distillery.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

A striking memorial to the 21 lives lost in an explosion at the Washington Arsenal

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

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

The childhood home of the famous general's mother is now a small, walled garden.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

A massive white oak tree provides a beautiful canopy near a suburban shopping center and stood before the signing of the Constitution.

Dating to 1793, this is the oldest building in Poolesville.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

Once the center of a thriving early Black community called Martinsburg.

Using a massive antenna made up of five miles of wire, two scientists tuned into organic radio waves from the planet Jupiter.

Built in 1815, the stabilized ruins of the grist mill and sawmill are now gated, but interpretive displays on the features and functions of the mill preserve its history.

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.