A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

America's first public mental health facility.

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

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

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

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

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

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

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

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.

Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.

Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.