A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

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

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

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

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

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

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

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

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

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

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

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

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

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

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

John Tyler never got to be buried at his beloved home, but every pet his family owned since has been.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

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

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

One of the few remaining Rosenwald Schools left in Virginia.