Falls Church, Virginia
'Pennies from Heaven'
A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.
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Falls Church, Virginia
A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.
Smithfield, Virginia
The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."
Roanoke, Virginia
An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.
Winchester, Virginia
The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.
Williamsburg, Virginia
This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.
Staunton, Virginia
The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.
Richmond, Virginia
A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.
Richmond, Virginia
This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.
Arlington, Virginia
This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.
Bristol, Virginia
One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.
Dayton, Virginia
One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.
Richmond, Virginia
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.
Afton, Virginia
A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Alexandria, Virginia
The only remaining African American schoolhouse in northern Virginia is now a museum dedicated to formerly enslaved people.
Alexandria, Virginia
Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.
Alexandria, Virginia
Dedicated to a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who was also a bird watcher and artist.
Alexandria, Virginia
The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.
Alexandria, Virginia
The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.