Virginia Attractions and Oddities
All the weird attractions, hidden sights, and unusual places in Virginia. Visitor Tips, news, stories, field reports.
Also see: Gone But Not Forgotten - Closed classic attractions
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Afton: Blue Ridge Tunnel - Alexandria: Defiant POW Capt. Rocky Versace Memorial
- Alexandria: Female Stranger Grave
- Alexandria: George Washington Masonic National Memorial
- Alexandria: Giant Water Can
- Alexandria: National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum
- Alexandria: Skinny Spite House
- Alfonso: Birthplace of Washington's Mom
- Appomattox: Robert E. Lee's Surrender Sword
- Arlington: Bob Dole's Grave
- Arlington: Dark Star Park
- Arlington: Deep Throat's Parking Garage
- Arlington: Drug Enforcement Administration Museum
- Arlington: JFK's Eternal Flame and Grave
- Arlington: Kennedy Burial Bugle
- Arlington: Reclining Liberty
- Arlington: The Skinny House
- Arlington: Unheralded Grave of Robert Kennedy
- Ashland: Big Leaping Bass
- Ashland: Largest Shotgun Shell
- Austinville: Shot Tower
- Bealeton: Flying Circus Airshow
- Bealeton: Giant Roller Skate
- Bedford: Bedford Boys Tribute Center
- Bedford: Goofy Johnny Appleseed
- Bedford: National D-Day Memorial
- Bedford: Wayward Rhino Mom and Baby
- Bedford: Wine-Theme LOVE Sign
- Brandy Station: Graffiti House - Civil War Cavalry Battle Hospital
- Bristol: Birthplace of Country Music Museum
- Bristol: Burger Bar: Hank Williams' Last-Chance Meal
- Bristol: James Keeling, Defender of the Bridge
- Bristol: Vintage Roadside Signs at Self-Storage
- Buckingham: Light of Truth Universal Shrine: LOTUS
- Buena Vista: Paulverizer: Cyborg Muffler Man
- Cana: Confederate Battle Pigs
- Cape Charles: Lighthouse Water Tower
- Cape Charles: Love Sign Junk Art
- Cape Charles: Statue of Neptune
- Cave Spring: Partial Stonehenge
- Centreville: Foamhenge
- Chantilly: Space Shuttle Discovery
- Charlottesville: Beta, Magical Mongrel
- Charlottesville: Edgar Allan Poe's Dorm Room
- Charlottesville: Freedom of Speech Wall
- Charlottesville: Love Butt
- Charlottesville: Nearly Nude Dropout Hero Monument
- Charlottesville: Saint-like Statues of Madison, Jefferson, and Monroe
- Charlottesville: The Great Seal of Virginia
- Chatham: Simpson Funeral Museum
- Chesapeake: Deep Creek Witch
- Chesapeake: Yellow Submarine
- Chincoteague Island: Misty II Headstone
- Chincoteague: Misty of Chincoteague: Literary Hero Horse
- Clear Brook: Giant Cross with Night Colors
- Clifton: Bunny Man's Bridge - Urban Legend
- Clover: Super Cells of Henrietta Lacks
- Coeburn: Muffler Man - Paul Bunyan
- Colonial Heights: Noah's Ark Being Rebuilt?
- Courtland: Nat Turner: Whites Massacred
- Covington: Humpback Covered Bridge
- Covington: King Kong and Buffalo
- Dale City: Rest Stop Dedicated by Lady Bird
- Danville: Last Capitol of the Confederacy
- Dooms: Purple Cow Head
- Doswell: Tiny Church: All Faiths Chapel
- Duffield: Natural Tunnel State Park
- Elkton: Pyramid: Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
- Elliston: Oldest Metal Bridge in Virginia
- Exmore: Statue of Liberty Replica
- Fairfax: Big Horse Head Outside Apt. Building
- Fairfax: Ductwork Tin Man
- Fairfax: National Firearms Museum
- Falls Church: Fighter Jet in Pennies
- Falls Church: Man with Pigs
- Falls Church: Scrap Metal Cowboy
- Ferrum: Replica Route 66 Gas Station
- Fieldale: Antique Shell Station
- Fort Belvoir: National Museum of the United States Army
- Fort Eustis: U.S. Army Transportation Museum
- Fort Gregg-Adams: U.S. Army Women's Museum
- Fort Myer: Grave of Black Jack, the Riderless Horse
- Fort Story: 1792 Lighthouse: Climb to the Top
- Fredericksburg: Arm of Stonewall Jackson
- Fredericksburg: Childhood "Cherry Tree" Home of George Washington
- Fredericksburg: Grave of Washington's Mom
- Fredericksburg: Mysterious Confederate Pyramid
- Fredericksburg: Store with Live Opossums
- Fredericksburg: Washington's Mom's House
- Freeman: Brunswick Stew Birthplace
- Grottoes: Grand Caverns
- Hampton: Air Power Park
- Hampton: Apollo 12 Capsule, Other Space Stuff
- Hampton: Marker: Blackbeard's Severed Head
- Hanging Rock: Two Presidents In Wartime Retreat
- Harrisonburg: Duke Dog: Big Bulldog with Crown
- Henrico: Bicycle Tree
- Henrico: Large Pair of Scissors
- Hillsboro: Birthplace of Wright Brothers Mom
- Huntly: Old Timey General Store
- Irvington: Toothbrush Columns
- Kiptopeke: Concrete Convoy of Kiptopeke
- Lawrenceville: Head of Big Red the Mule
- Leesburg: Mighty Midget Kitchen
- Lexington: Big Full-Color Statue of Stonewall Jackson
- Lexington: Building Shaped Like a Coffee Pot
- Lexington: Stonewall Jackson's Stuffed Horse
- Lexington: Stonewall Jackson, But Not His Arm
- Lorton: Lorton Workhouse Museum - Suffragettes Behind Bars
- Luray: Cooter's from Dukes of Hazzard
- Luray: Luray Caverns
- Luray: Yogi Bear Statue
- Lynchburg: Big High Heel
- Lynchburg: Cursed Self-Rocking Cradle
- Lynchburg: Easter Island Head with Topknot
- Lynchburg: HVAC School Bus And Big Bugs
- Lynchburg: Large Metal Water Pitcher
- Lynchburg: Rubble from 9-11
- Marion: Hot and Cold Water Tower Tanks
- Martinsville: 21-Foot-High Mission Chair
- Max Meadows: Fort Chiswell Animal Park
- McLean: George Bush Center for Intelligence
- McLean: White House Replica
- Mechanicsville: Ghost Church
- Mendota: Barn Rock
- Middleburg: Civil War Horse Sculpture
- Midland: Corn Cob Silo
- Moneta: Big Rooster
- Montpelier: VW Beetle Bug
- Mount Crawford: Turkey Statue Marks the Turkey Capital #2
- Mount Jackson: Apple Basket Water Tower
- Mount Jackson: Route 11 Potato Chip Factory
- Mount Jackson: Tombstone of a Horse
- Mount Solon: National Jousting Hall of Fame
- Mount Solon: Natural Chimneys
- Mount Vernon: George Washington's Home, Grave, and False Teeth
- Natural Bridge Station: Yogi Bear Statue
- Natural Bridge: Dinosaur Kingdom II
- Natural Bridge: Doofy Johnny Appleseed
- Natural Bridge: Enchanted Castle Studios
- Natural Bridge: George Washington's Initials and Light Show
- Natural Bridge: King Kong Crushing Airplane
- Natural Bridge: Natural Bridge Zoo Elephant Rides
- Natural Bridge: Virginia Safari Park
- New Church: Civil War Ironclad At A Gas Station
- New Market: Doofy Johnny Appleseed Statue
- Newport News: Atomic Cannon: Prototype or No. 1?
- Newport News: Auto Muffler King
- Newport News: Bottling Plant Coke Bottles
- Newport News: Giant Propeller From SS United States
- Newport News: Police Memorabilia, Officer Bear
- Newport News: USS Monitor Relics, Replica
- Newport News: Viking Leifr Eiriksson Statue
- Nokesville: Barn Mural of Dancing Cow and Pig
- Norfolk: Battleship Wisconsin
- Norfolk: Doumar's: World's Oldest Waffle Cone Machine
- Norfolk: Elephant of Butterflies
- Norfolk: Longest Pier in North America
- Norfolk: Mermaid Statue
- Norfolk: Navigator: Great Blue Heron
- Norton: Red Neon Coke Clock Sign
- Norton: Woodbooger Sanctuary
- Orange: Giant Nutcracker Head
- Orange: James Madison Museum
- Orkney Springs: Boy and the Boot
- Paint Bank: Udderly Chic(k)
- Pembroke: Patrick Swayze - Dirty Dancing Memorial Rock
- Pennington Gap: Stone Face Rock
- Petersburg: House Built of Old Tombstones
- Petersburg: Pamplin Historical Park - Virtual Civil War Battle
- Petersburg: Trapezium House
- Pocahontas: Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine
- Port Royal: Death Site of Lincoln's Assassin
- Port Royal: Port Royal Trading Post
- Portsmouth: Commodore Theatre: Dinner and a Movie
- Portsmouth: Muscular Chrome Workers
- Pounding Mill: Hand-Carved Bigfoot Family
- Pulaski: Raymond F. Ratcliffe Memorial Transportation Museum
- Purcellville: Crux Gloria Cross - Night Outline of Jesus
- Quantico: Staff Sgt. Reckless, Marine Hero Horse
- Quantico: U.S. Marine Corps Museum
- Quicksburg: American Celebration On Parade
- Quicksburg: Shenandoah Caverns
- Radiant: Radiant Moose
- Richlands: Homer: Baseball Muffler Man
- Richmond: 90-Foot-Tall Confederate Pyramid
- Richmond: Abe and Tad Lincoln Statue
- Richmond: American Civil War Museum
- Richmond: Atlas Shrugging
- Richmond: Beaver and Girl Share Forbidden Fruit
- Richmond: Bony Civil War Horse
- Richmond: Confederate Memorial Chapel
- Richmond: Cosmic Perception: Kaleidoscope
- Richmond: Dog Statue on Child's Grave
- Richmond: Giant Milk Bottles
- Richmond: Last Conceptual BEST Products Store
- Richmond: Markel Building: Baked Potato
- Richmond: Mini-Statue of Liberty
- Richmond: Mr. Smedley
- Richmond: Poe Museum
- Richmond: Policeman Head Metal Sculpture
- Richmond: Rest in Pieces Oddity Shop
- Richmond: Rumors of War
- Richmond: Second Grave of James Monroe
- Richmond: Statue of "Bojangles" Robinson
- Richmond: The Powhatan Stone
- Richmond: World's Largest Kugel Ball
- Richmond: World's Most Accurate Likeness of George Washington
- Roanoke: Coffee Pot Restaurant
- Roanoke: Henrietta Lacks: Immortal Cells
- Roanoke: Large Frying Pan
- Roanoke: Mill Mountain Star
- Roanoke: Mini-Graceland, Elvis City
- Roanoke: Muffler Man - Bunyan
- Roanoke: Optimus Prime
- Roanoke: Steam Locomotive Tombstones
- Roanoke: Trojan Dog
- Roanoke: Two Big Bicycles
- Rural Retreat: Grave of Doctor Pepper
- Rustburg: Concrete World
- Rustburg: Rock Solid Biker Church and Thrift Store
- Salem: Brick Company 9/11 Memorial
- Sandbridge Beach: Driftwood Sea Serpent
- Schuyler: Boyhood Home of the Real John-Boy Walton
- Scottsville: Large Rooster
- Shenandoah Caverns: Giant Cootie
- Shenandoah: Giant Frog With Pitchfork
- Smithfield: Pork-Proud Town Founders
- Smithfield: World's Oldest Edible Ham
- South Boston: Henrietta Lacks Statue
- Stafford: Roadside Crucifixion
- Staunton: Camera Heritage Museum: Thousands of Cameras
- Staunton: Giant Savings Muffler Man
- Staunton: Giant Watering Can and Flower Pots
- Suffolk: Birthplace of Mr. Peanut
- Suffolk: Statue of Mr. Peanut
- Tappahannock: Outdoor Photo-Ops
- Thaxton: Giant Apple on a Stick
- Timberville: Turkey Statue Marks Turkey Capital #1
- Triangle: Iwo Jima Statue
- Urbanna: Cowtopia: Minigolf with Cows
- Urbanna: Mark Cline Muffler Man
- Vienna: Small Phoenician Ship
- Virginia Beach: Circus Elephant Buried There?
- Virginia Beach: Edgar Cayce Institute/Association of Research and Enlightenment
- Virginia Beach: Giant Statue of Neptune
- Virginia Beach: Hugh Mongous: Beach Dude Gorilla Giant
- Virginia Beach: Jerrassic Park and Aviation Museum
- Virginia Beach: Lawyer Garage: Odd Vehicles
- Virginia Beach: Mount Trashmore Park
- Virginia Beach: Peter Toth Big Indian
- Virginia Beach: Virginia's Only Witch Ducking
- Virginia Beach: Witch of Pungo Statue
- Wakefield: Big Peanut
- Warsaw: Enchanted Forest: Tom Rhodes Tree Carving Trail
- Wattsville: Where NASA Launches Its Other Rockets
- Waverly: Oldest Peanut Museum in the U.S.
- Waynesboro: Cartoon Roadrunner
- Westlake Corner: Live TV Murder Memorial
- White Post: Dinosaur Land
- White Post: George Washington's Street Pole
- White Post: Restored Sinclair Gas Station
- Williamsburg: Dukes of Hazzard Museum
- Williamsburg: Giant Wolves - Great Wolf Lodge
- Williamsburg: Rotting President Heads
- Williamsburg: Thomas Jefferson, College Loan Deadbeat
- Winchester: George Washington's Office Museum
- Winchester: Huge Apple #2
- Winchester: Patsy Cline's Grave
- Winchester: Patsy Cline's House
- Winchester: Where William McKinley Became a Freemason
- Winchester: World's Largest Apple
- Woodford: Stonewall Jackson Died Here
- Wytheville: Big Pencil
- Wytheville: Big Walker Lookout: Climb the Tower
- Wytheville: Great Lakes to Florida Highway Museum
- Wytheville: Hot Air Balloon Water Tower
- Wytheville: The First Lady of Hot Dogs
- Wytheville: Tiny Church
- Yorktown: Cornwallis' Cave
Gone But Not Forgotten
Closed and extinct places -- the classics and the quirky. A virtual revisit, even if it's just to milk them for one more chuckle...
- Abingdon: Abingdon Medical Museum
- Abingdon: Star Museum
- Aldie: Bull Run Castle
- Alexandria: Eisenhower: The Highway President
- Alexandria: Parking Lot Mausoleum
- Arlington: 18-Foot-Tall Mermaid Carved From Tree
- Bedford: Virginia's Holy Land USA
- Buchanan: Glow-A-Rama: Time Travel Mini-Golf
- Buena Vista: 9/11 Memorial
- Burnt Chimney: Ass Kicking Machine
- Cape Charles: Giant Beach LOVE Chairs
- Capron: Nat Turner: Blackhead Signpost Road
- Charlottesville: Sacajawea Apology Plaque
- Chincoteague: Capt. Bob Payne's Sea Treasures
- Colonial Beach: Styrotown - Miniature Styrofoam Community
- Daleville: Victim of Jack the Giant Killer
- Danville: AAF Tank Museum
- Edgehill: Big Pig
- Fredericksburg: Downtown Slavery Auction Block
- Glasgow: The Town That Time Forgot
- Harrisonburg: Mummy's Hand, Two-Headed Calf
- Haymarket: Pickle and Ice Cream Cone
- Herndon: Perils of the Lost Jungle Mini Golf
- Hood: Roaring Twenties Antique Car Museum
- Lexington: Fred Flintstone's Car
- Lexington: Mysterious Lone-henge
- Lynchburg: Enema Collection
- Natural Bridge: (Old) Dinosaur Kingdom
- Natural Bridge: Hunt Bigfoot with a Redneck
- Natural Bridge: Natural Bridge Wax Museum
- Natural Bridge: Professor Cline's Haunted Monster Museum & Dark Maze
- Richmond: Giant Lurking Indian
- Roanoke: Big Comb
- Ruckersville: Big Dining Chair
- Salem: Butt Hollow Road Sign
- Tappahannock: Cone Fries Guy
- Tysons: Tysons Tooth
- Vienna: Midgetville
- Virginia Beach: Cap'n Cline's Pirate Ghost Ride
- Virginia Beach: Giant Beach Ball Statues
- Willamsburg: America's First Mental Hospital
- Wytheville: Virginia City - Old West Town
