Arlington, Virginia
DEA Museum
An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.
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Arlington, Virginia
An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.
Lynchburg, Virginia
A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.
Arlington, Virginia
This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.
Locust Grove, Virginia
The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.
Dayton, Virginia
One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.
Roanoke, Virginia
This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.
Petersburg, Virginia
A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.
Barboursville, Virginia
The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.
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.
Mechanicsville, Virginia
The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.
Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.
Richmond, Virginia
Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
McLean, Virginia
A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.
Richmond, Virginia
This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.
Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.