A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

Right next to departures—how convenient!

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

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

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

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

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

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

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

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

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.

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

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

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

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

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

America's first public mental health facility.