These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.

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.”

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

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

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

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

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

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

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.