Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

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

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

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

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

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

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

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

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

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

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

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

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

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

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

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

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.