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

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

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

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

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.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

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

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

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

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.

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.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

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

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

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

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

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

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

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