Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

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

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

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

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

A journey along this trail means indulging in a slice of nostalgia.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

This one-room schoolhouse was revitalized in 2007 as a museum focusing on the education of Black children during the early 20th-century.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

America's first public mental health facility.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

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

One of the few remaining Rosenwald Schools left in Virginia.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

This former POW camp was transformed into a Cold War missile installation.

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

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

This environmental engineering marvel keeps salt water from the Elizabeth River.

Dedicated to a veritable Houdini among P.O.W.s who escaped imprisonment on five separate occasions.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

Get up close and personal at this Fresnel Lens.