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

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

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

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

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

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

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

A statue of the early navigator stands overlooking the land he first surveyed.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

From this isolated strip of land in Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

This historic lighthouse has been reincarnated as the perfect picnic place.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.