The walls of this tiny Italian church are entirely covered with frescoes.

An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.

The headquarters of the Audubon Naturalist Society is a small slice of heaven for nature lovers.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

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

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

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

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

This hidden treasure provides a charming access point along the south side of Baker Park.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

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

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.