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

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

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

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

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

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

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

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

America's first federal monument.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

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

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

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