Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

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

America's first federal monument.

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

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

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.

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

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

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

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

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

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

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

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

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

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

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

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."