The only U.S. Senator to die on the field of battle is buried in San Francisco but memorialized at Balls Bluff Regional Park.

Named for a Greek oracle that interpreted the words of Zeus, this beautifully-restored manor home was once home to the architect of the Marshall Plan.

A natural spring situated on the grounds of the Hawthorne estate.

This pharmacist and his patient greet visitors to the National Community Pharmacists Association.

A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.

A highway marker that honors a former spy plane pilot and local hero.

The former home of the man whose radical ideas changed the nation.

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

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

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.

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

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

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

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

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

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

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

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

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.

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

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