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

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

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

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

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

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

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

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

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

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.