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The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

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

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

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

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

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

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

America's first public mental health facility.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

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

An original apothecary from 1792.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

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