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

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

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

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

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

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

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

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.