Alexandria, Virginia
Pope-Leighey House
This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Alexandria, Virginia
This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.
Vienna, Virginia
A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.
Richmond, Virginia
A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.
Staunton, Virginia
Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.
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.
Covington, Virginia
The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.
Warsaw, Virginia
The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.
Alexandria, Virginia
This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.
Herndon, Virginia
An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.
Richmond, Virginia
Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.
Roanoke, Virginia
Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.
Lynchburg, Virginia
A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.
Marion, Virginia
An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.
Arlington, Virginia
Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."
Alexandria, Virginia
This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.
Alexandria, Virginia
The only place for a truly presidential dram.
Petersburg, Virginia
An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.
Staunton, Virginia
The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.
Broad Run, Virginia
This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.
Winchester, Virginia
The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.
Richmond, Virginia
Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Port Royal, Virginia
The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.