This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

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

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

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

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

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

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

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

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

An original apothecary from 1792.

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

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.

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

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

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

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

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