Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

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

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

An original apothecary from 1792.

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

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

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

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

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

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

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.