Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

One man's lifelong collection of 10,000 rare steins tells the story of beer drinking from 1350 to today.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

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

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

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

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

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

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.