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.

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

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

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

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

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

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

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

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

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