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

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

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

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

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

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

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

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

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

A small cave with a larger-than-life legend.

Five restored historic road bridges in a park along the Kalamazoo River.

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

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

Get up close and personal at this Fresnel Lens.

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

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

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

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

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

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

One of the few remaining Rosenwald Schools left in Virginia.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.