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

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

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

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

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

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.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

The famous bell was secreted away and hidden in a church in Allentown during the British occupation of Philadelphia.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

The first American axe throwing club.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.