Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

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

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

This former fire tower found new life as a communications hub complete with a scenic overlook.