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

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

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

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

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.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

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

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

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

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

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

The grave of a champion Thoroughbred hides within the former presidential estate.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

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