A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.

The site of one of the deadliest skirmishes during the Battle of Fredricksburg.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

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

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

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

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

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The site where Confederate president Jefferson Davis was defeated has been marked with a bust... that leaves that part out.

A sweet tribute to Georgia's official state vegetable, which even has its own mascot: "Yumion."

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.