Richmond, Virginia
Evergreen Cemetery
This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.
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Richmond, Virginia
This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”
Lorton, Virginia
Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.
Radford, Virginia
Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.
Saltville, Virginia
This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.
Richmond, Virginia
The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.
Richmond, Virginia
Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.
Richmond, Virginia
A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.
Marion, Virginia
An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.
Culpeper, Virginia
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.
Lexington, Virginia
The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.
Richmond, Virginia
A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.
Buckingham, Virginia
The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.
Staunton, Virginia
A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.
Mechanicsville, Virginia
The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.
Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.
Richmond, Virginia
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
Cape Charles, Virginia
Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.
Barboursville, Virginia
The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.
Duffield, Virginia
A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.
Lima, Peru
The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.
Dargavs, Russia
This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.
Locust Grove, Virginia
The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.