A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

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

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

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

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

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

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

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

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.

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

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

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.