Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

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

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

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

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

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

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

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

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

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

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