The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

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

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

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.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

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

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

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

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

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

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

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

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

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

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

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

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

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

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