A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

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

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

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

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

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

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.