Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

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

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

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

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

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

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

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

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

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

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