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

The Harlem Renaissance poet and activist wrote, organized, and hosted travelers in this Lynchburg, Virginia oasis.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.

A collection of vehicles across American military history.

The former home of the man whose radical ideas changed the nation.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

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

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

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

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

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

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

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

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.

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

America's first public mental health facility.

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

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

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

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

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.