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

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

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

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

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

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

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 beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

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

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

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.

America's first public mental health facility.

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

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

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

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

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