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

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

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

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

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

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

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

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

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

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

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

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

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

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

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

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

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."