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

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.

A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.

The location where the American Revolution ended.

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

The only surviving 19th-century water-powered mill found in the Washington, D.C. area.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

This homestead was occupied by Union soldiers, who believed the owners were signaling Confederate forces.

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.

Get up close and personal at this Fresnel Lens.

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

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

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

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

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

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

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

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

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

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.