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

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

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

America's first public mental health facility.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

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

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

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

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

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.