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Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

Some museums preserve beautiful things; this museum preserves hard work.

Historic Lee family homestead built in 1785, later serving as a private home and a Civil War hospital.

Each tide uncovers a shoreline where Virginia’s prehistoric past washes up.

History says that America’s first English industrial manufacture began here with a “tryal of glasse.”

Northern Virginia’s iconic Vietnamese shopping center.

A weathered, American Foursquare-style house originally built for lumber merchant William Wimsatt.

The longest pier in North America stretches over the Chesapeake Bay.

This small pedestal marks the spot of the first lot of land sold in Alexandria, Virginia in 1749.

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.

With roots dating back to 1942, this retro diner was where Hank Williams is said to have uttered his last words.

Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.

The last vestige of a once substantial orchard and farm in the suburbs of Northern Virginia.

The local community brought back this land to transform it into a nature preserve.

An abandoned textile mill that is now home to art and concerts.

The last remaining location of a drive-up hot dog stand named after a local pool shark.

A fake 1930s-euro-style hotel with an indoor mini golf course.

Home to the organ played at General MacArthur's funeral.

This homestead was occupied by Union soldiers, who believed the owners were signaling Confederate forces.