This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

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 stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

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

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

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

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

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

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

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

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

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

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

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

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