The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

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

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

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

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

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

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

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

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

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

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

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

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

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

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