The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

Home to the organ played at General MacArthur's funeral.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

A collection of vehicles across American military history.

This former POW camp was transformed into a Cold War missile installation.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

This one-room schoolhouse was revitalized in 2007 as a museum focusing on the education of Black children during the early 20th-century.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

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

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

The childhood home of the famous general's mother is now a small, walled garden.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

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

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

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

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

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

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

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

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

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

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