Places Rural Exploration VA Wants to Go

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Once home to more than 50 displays of freshwater fish.

An abandoned munitions factory with a shot tower continues to wage war on the surrounding environment.

Abandoned former poorhouse, bible college, and haunted house in an Ohio hamlet.

A suspended garden, now gone, once hung in the middle of this abandoned church.

The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

The headquarters of a pioneering cast iron and cast aluminum cookware company is in ruins, but still standing.

The site of the worst mining disaster in Ohio's history.

Rows of 19th-century brick ovens used to process coal into coke form the center of a wooded park.

An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.

Now in disrepair, this 19th century station was a stop on of the famed B&O Railroad.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.