A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

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

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

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

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

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

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

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

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

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

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

This local gem houses the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside of the U.K.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.