Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

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

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

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

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

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

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

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

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

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

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

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

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