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

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

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

The last early 20th-century schoolhouse in Fairfax County has galvanized the community and engendered a spirit of service among residents.

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 collection of vehicles across American military history.

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

The location where the American Revolution ended.

Home to the organ played at General MacArthur's funeral.

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.

Get up close and personal at this Fresnel Lens.

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.”

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

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.