Mechanicsville, Virginia
The Ghost Church
The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.
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Mechanicsville, Virginia
The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.
Richmond, Virginia
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
Radford, Virginia
Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.
Cape Charles, Virginia
Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.
Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.
Staunton, Virginia
A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.
Richmond, Virginia
Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.
Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.
Buckingham, Virginia
The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
Saltville, Virginia
This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.
Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
McLean, Virginia
A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.