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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Richmond

22 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Richmond, Virginia

Updated May 2, 2025

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Richmond, Virginia

Jefferson Hotel Gators

Amphibious mascots display a quirkier side to this luxury hotel's rich history.

Richmond, Virginia

Hotel Greene

A fake 1930s-euro-style hotel with an indoor mini golf course.

Richmond, Virginia

The Triple Crossing

Where three rails and three centuries of transportation meet.
Monumental Church circa 1933

Richmond, Virginia

Monumental Church

A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.
Henry “Box” Brown

Richmond, Virginia

Henry "Box" Brown

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

Richmond, Virginia

The Grave of Oderus Urungus

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.
Sharp’s Island (in foreground) in the James River.

Richmond, Virginia

Sharp's Island

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

Richmond, Virginia

Evergreen Cemetery

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.
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The label for Meat Juice (bottom right) often attracts visitors’ attention at the Apothecary Museum.

In the 1800s, Valentine’s Meant a Bottle of Meat Juice

An act of love in the form of a medicinal tonic.
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February 10, 2022
Pustulus Maximus and Balsac the Jaws of Death of GWAR performing in October 2019 in San Francisco.

The Artist Collective That Brings Heavy Metal Fever Dreams to Life

For nearly 40 years, a rotating cast of artists has made costumes and props for GWAR—the band behind one of the world’s wildest stage shows.
by Eric J. Wallace
October 1, 2021

Spilled: 200 Gallons of Cream in Virginia

Accidents happen.
by Erik Shilling
May 9, 2017
Poe’s house in Philadelphia, where he composed “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Gold Bug.”

10 Places That Rejected Poe in Life But Celebrate Him in Death

Edgar Allan Poe gets the recognition he deserves in the afterlife.
by Molly McBride Jacobson
February 9, 2017

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