One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

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

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

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

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

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

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

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

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

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

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.