Alexandria, Virginia
Torpedo Factory Art Center
A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.
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Alexandria, Virginia
A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.
Front Royal, Virginia
This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.
Newport News, Virginia
The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.
Norfolk, Virginia
This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.
Waverly, Virginia
A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.
Vienna, Virginia
An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.
Winchester, Virginia
Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.
Staunton, Virginia
Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.
Stafford, Virginia
The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.
Pamplin, Virginia
One man's lifelong collection of 10,000 rare steins tells the story of beer drinking from 1350 to today.
Smithfield, Virginia
The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."
Danville, Virginia
This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.
Warrenton, Virginia
This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.
Williamsburg, Virginia
This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.
Roanoke, Virginia
An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.
Lynchburg, Virginia
A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.
Staunton, Virginia
The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.
Richmond, Virginia
This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.
Richmond, Virginia
Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.
Broad Run, Virginia
This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.
Arlington, Virginia
An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.
Richmond, Virginia
This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.