Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

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

America's first public mental health facility.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

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

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

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

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

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.