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.”

Some of the largest trees of their kinds exist throughout Williamsburg’s historic core.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

John Tyler never got to be buried at his beloved home, but every pet his family owned since has been.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Where three rails and three centuries of transportation meet.

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.

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

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

This tiny, one-acre cemetery serves as a reminder of when the Civil War got close to the nation’s capitol.

Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.

A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.

Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.

This American Civil War-era fort still stands near the border between Washington, D.C. and Maryland.

Dedicated to the man who created the first radio wave communication system.

An obscure federal monument honors the French diplomat who served as Ambassador to the U.S. during WWI.

A Civil War fort in the middle of Washington, D.C. has been swallowed by a forest.

Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.

This three-story Victorian mansion is now home to the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center headquarters.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.