History says that America’s first English industrial manufacture began here with a “tryal of glasse.”

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

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

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

John Tyler never got to be buried at his beloved home, but every pet his family owned since has been.

Some of the largest trees of their kinds exist throughout Williamsburg’s historic core.

America's first public mental health facility.

Colonial Williamsburg was home to one of the earliest institutions in North America dedicated to educating Black children.

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.”

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

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

This "castle" is actually a limestone and quartz formation hidden along a trail.

The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.

This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.

These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.

Once a sewer culvert, this road tunnel now offers cyclists and pedestrians a subterranean stroll under the C&O Canal.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

This site is believed to be connected to the oldest house in Arlington County.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Soak in the sacred vibes at this beloved food and coffee hangout inside a former church.

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.