Ocracoke, North Carolina
Portsmouth Village
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
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Ocracoke, North Carolina
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
Beaufort, North Carolina
Burial site more than 300 years old.
Supply, North Carolina
Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.
Southport, North Carolina
This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.
Bird Island, North Carolina
A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.
Corolla, North Carolina
One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.
Wilmington, North Carolina
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Petersburg, Virginia
An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.
Alexandria, Virginia
The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.
Chincoteague Island, Virginia
The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.
Norfolk, Virginia
One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.
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.
Richmond, Virginia
Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.
Vienna, Virginia
A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.
Winchester, Virginia
The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.
Alexandria, Virginia
This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.
Warsaw, Virginia
The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.
Port Royal, Virginia
The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.
Arlington, Virginia
An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.
Alexandria, Virginia
This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.
Richmond, Virginia
Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.