Lynchburg, Virginia
The Pest House Medical Museum
A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.
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Lynchburg, Virginia
A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.
Marion, Virginia
An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.
Warsaw, Virginia
The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.
Alexandria, Virginia
This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.
Richmond, Virginia
Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.
McLean, Virginia
The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Warm Springs, Virginia
Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.
Broad Run, Virginia
This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.
Arlington, Virginia
This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.
Bristol, Virginia
One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.
Norfolk, Virginia
This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.
Dayton, Virginia
One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.
Alexandria, Virginia
The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.
Norfolk, Virginia
A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.
Lexington, Virginia
The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.
Locust Grove, Virginia
The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.
Petersburg, Virginia
A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.
Alexandria, Virginia
An original apothecary from 1792.
Barboursville, Virginia
The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.