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

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

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

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

America's first public mental health facility.

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

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

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

An original apothecary from 1792.

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

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.

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

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

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

A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.