The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

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

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

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

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

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

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

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

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

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

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

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

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

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

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

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

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

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