This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

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

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

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

America's first federal monument.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

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

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

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

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

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

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

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

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

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

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

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

An original apothecary from 1792.