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

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

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

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

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

Where three rails and three centuries of transportation meet.

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.

Amphibious mascots display a quirkier side to this luxury hotel's rich history.

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

A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.

A fake 1930s-euro-style hotel with an indoor mini golf course.

The partial realization of a utopian proposal to build a master planned community primarily by and for Black Americans.

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

Visit the site where the original Krispy Kreme doughnut was made back in 1937.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

A solid steel plane designed to catch fire over and over again.

Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

A massive explosion that leveled hundreds of buildings in the city of Leiden is remembered by a waterside plaque.

An unassuming rod in the Netherlands was once the old standard unit of length for the entire Dutch empire.

A trio of red, white, and blue stones embedded in the streets of Leiden are markers of medieval territory and law.

Only a few walls remain of the last church the Pilgrims used before they sailed to North America.

Science meets wall art to highlight the beauty of famous mathematical equations.

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.