The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

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

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

The childhood home of the famous general's mother is now a small, walled garden.

Honoring combatants from Portsmouth who served in Cuba and the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.

Dedicated to a veritable Houdini among P.O.W.s who escaped imprisonment on five separate occasions.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

Get up close and personal at this Fresnel Lens.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.

This environmental engineering marvel keeps salt water from the Elizabeth River.

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.