This historic Art Nouveau mansion has guided tours and impressive views of the Currituck Sound.

This 1920s mansion in the Outer Banks has some of the best examples of Art Nouveau ornamentations in the United States.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This former POW camp was transformed into a Cold War missile installation.

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

Honoring combatants from Portsmouth who served in Cuba and the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.

Jamestown may have been the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, but the colonists made landfall at a lesser known cape.

An 83-foot tall granite obelisk honors the legacy of Dr. King in the heart of Norfolk's Black community.

Dedicated to a veritable Houdini among P.O.W.s who escaped imprisonment on five separate occasions.

The longest pier in North America stretches over the Chesapeake Bay.

Constructed during the roaring 20s, this restored historic hotel recalls its past as home to the first in-hotel distillery.

The childhood home of the famous general's mother is now a small, walled garden.

This one-room schoolhouse was revitalized in 2007 as a museum focusing on the education of Black children during the early 20th-century.

This environmental engineering marvel keeps salt water from the Elizabeth River.

A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.

A collection of vehicles across American military history.

The branches of this sprawling cedar tree are laden with wishes big and small.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.