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

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

Home to the organ played at General MacArthur's funeral.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

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

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

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

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

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

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

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

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

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

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

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.