Richmond, Virginia
Chimborazo Medical Museum
A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.
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Richmond, Virginia
A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.
Richmond, Virginia
The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.
Richmond, Virginia
Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.
Richmond, Virginia
A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.
Richmond, Virginia
This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.
Richmond, Virginia
A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.
Richmond, Virginia
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
Richmond, Virginia
Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.
Richmond, Virginia
This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.
Richmond, Virginia
This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.
Richmond, Virginia
Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.
Richmond, Virginia
A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.
Smith Island, Maryland
An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.
Scotland, Maryland
This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.
Warsaw, Virginia
A journey along this trail means indulging in a slice of nostalgia.
Warsaw, Virginia
The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.
Smithfield, Virginia
The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."
Smithfield, Virginia
This one-room schoolhouse was revitalized in 2007 as a museum focusing on the education of Black children during the early 20th-century.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.
Williamsburg, Virginia
America's first public mental health facility.
Williamsburg, Virginia
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.”
Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.
Gloucester, Virginia
One of the few remaining Rosenwald Schools left in Virginia.
Surry, Virginia
Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.