This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

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

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

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

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

America's first public mental health facility.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

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

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

One of the few remaining Rosenwald Schools left in Virginia.

A collection of vehicles across American military history.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.

Originally dubbed "Retirement" by the Navy Commodore who built it in 1780, this beautiful mansion is now the centerpiece of a suburban community park.

The former home of Thomson Francis Mason, the mayor of Alexandria from 1827-1830.

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

The final home of the most famous horse of the American Civil War.

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.