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

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

The birthplace of a tobacco empire.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

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

History says that America’s first English industrial manufacture began here with a “tryal of glasse.”

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Amphibious mascots display a quirkier side to this luxury hotel's rich history.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Home to the first child born to English colonists in North America, this colony mysteriously disappeared while waiting for supplies.