Richmond, Virginia
Evergreen Cemetery
This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.
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Richmond, Virginia
This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Richmond, Virginia
A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.
Richmond, Virginia
This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.
Hopewell, Virginia
For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.
Richmond, Virginia
Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.
Staunton, Virginia
Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.
Smith Island, Maryland
An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.
Warsaw, Virginia
The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.
Williamsburg, Virginia
America's first public mental health facility.
Locust Grove, Virginia
The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.
Mechanicsville, Virginia
The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.
Richmond, Virginia
Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.
Richmond, Virginia
A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.
Richmond, Virginia
Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.
Charlottesville, Virginia
The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.
Norfolk, Virginia
A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!