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.

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

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.