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This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

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

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

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

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

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

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

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

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

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

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

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

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

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

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

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

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

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

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