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VA A carved steam engine and tender head stone, Roanoke, VA More info
VA Berkeley Springs, VA More info
VA Big Walker Mountain Overlook, VA
VA Carroll County court house, VA
VA Coffeepot Restaurant, Rt. 221, Roanoke,VA
VA Dinosaur Land ( King Kong ) White Post, VA
VA Giant Apple, Winchester,VA
VA Giant Serpent, 40 feet by 15 feet, somewhere in Virgina Beach, VA
VA Giant Skate @ Hugo Skate Way, RT 17 , Bealeton, VA
VA Little Apple on a Stick, on RT 460 several mile soutside of Bedford, VA
VA Mouintain Lake, you must take a dip at least belt high, atop Salt Pond Mountain, Giles County, VA
VA There is a muffler man style sculpture in Gainesville,
VA, on the southbound side of Rte. 29, about 1 mile south of I-66.
VA Pure Village AKA Village Inn, Harrisonburg Va.
VA World's Largest Man- Made Illuminated Star, Roanoke, VA
VA Bull Run Castle,Aldie, VA
VA Mayberry Station,Fancy Gap, VA
VA The Tin Man, Pulaski Tinning, 2.5 miles off I-81, 22 miles s on Route 11, Pulaski, VA
VA The Big Pencil, Wytheville Office Supply, 2 miles on Route 11 VA
VA The Famous Chicken sign, Rt 11, Christianburg, VA
VA The Milk Bottle Building, downtown Richmond, VA on Marshall near Belvidere More info
VA The Rhinoceros, roadside Rt. 460, Bedford, VA
VA The Coffee Pot Building, Hwy 60 between Lexington & Buena Vista, VA
VA The Grave of Edgar Allen Poes mother & some other notables, St James Church, Richmond,VA
VA The White Horse at White Horse Antiques, Narrows, VA
VA The head of a mule, in full harness. That is how it died and that is how it remains, Ace Harware, E.E. Vaughn & Son, Lawrenceville, VA
VA The Trapezium House, no right angles as right angles are haunted? Petersburg, VA ca 1700's
VA Worlds Largest Collection of Cement lawn ornaments, Concrete World on Hwy 29, 8 miles S of town & across the street from South Lynchburg Truck Stop, Lynchburg, VA More info
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VA The Antietam Battleground Museum, an arm of a civil war soldier, Lexington,VA
VA Virginia Military Institute Museum, home of Little Sorrel, Stonewall Jacksons Horse, Lexington, VA
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| Alexandria
- Brown House - Revolutionary War soldiers have been seen here. Bowling Green - Old Mansion Inn - the ghost of Colonel John Waller Hoomes haunts his home. Fredericksburg - Aquia Church - the ghost of a woman killed there has been seen in the belfry. Lynchburg - William Bass Elementary School - voices and doors opening and closing a some of the events here. Williamsburg - Magazine building - A soldier seems to still walk up the stairs to put his guns away. Williamsburg - Peyton Randolph House - Many ghost sightings-over 20 stories associated with this old mansion. Williamsburg - Matthew Whaley Elementary School (301 Scotland Street) - Haunted by the ghosts of two young African American boys killed in the 1960's by an unknown anti-desegregation assailent. Williamsburg - Goveneurs Mansion - The maze behind the building is said to be haunted by soldiers from the civil war and revolutionary war. The wall in front of the mansion is said to be haunted by the ghost of a criminally insane escapee of Eastern State Mental Institution, who in the 1920s slit a woman's throat. Williamsburg - Wren Building - Haunted by a French Soldier of the revolutionary war-he died in this building when it was a makeshift hospital for the wounded. Also, it was haunted by some unknown force, and one of the inhabitants discovered the body of a 13 year old girl buried in the walls. Williamsburg - The Mill - Williamsburg's first serial killer stashed his young victim's bodies here, and it is said to be haunted by them. Williamsburg - William and Mary:Tucker Hall - In 1980, a girl committed suicide in this acedemic building, and her ghost is rumoured to appear throughout the semesters. Abingdon - Martha Washington Inn - The ghost of a young woman haunts the inn believed looking for her lover. Sightings are so common/reliable that they at one time charged extra for her "favorite" room. The workers were very helpful and acknowledged the sightings. Middletown - Wayside Inn - Wayside is the oldest still running in America. There is one specific roomthat is supposedly haunted and that is room 14. Many guests comment on strange occurrences in that room. There have been other sightings throughout the inn as well. Jamestown - Amblers' Colonial Mansion - a very angry ghost named Lydia Ambler haunts her former home. Alexandria - Ramsey House - The first house in the city (King and N. Fairfax) has had people see figures in period costume in the basement. Hampton - Chamberland Hotel - This hotel is on Fort Monroe. Apparently, when the original hotel burnt down, a young teenage girl went with it by accident. She was looking for her father (who evacuated already). Employees on the seventh floor on where she died claim that they can still hear her banging on the walls, or catch her looking out the window. Ashland - Randolph-Macon College - Mary Branch girl's dormatory has had doors opening and closing by themselves, items disappearing/reappearing, etc. Washington-Franklin Hall has at least two ghosts that have appeared to teachers on several occasions. Gloucester - Rosewell Plantation - The Page Family Mansion built in the early 1600's. Several generations lived in the mansion before it burned down. Several walls are still standing from the 4 story building. The graveyard for the family is off to the side of the house, as part of the extensive grounds. Many occurrences have been reported. The sound of slaves coming from the fields, reportedly a young woman walks down the front steps every night. Richmond - Governors Mansion - a friendly ghost of a young women haunts the Governors Mansion to this day. Amelia - Haw Branch Plantation - There is a picture of a young lady that is said to blush at times when you look at her, also the smell of oranges sometimes in the parlor. Frequently you can hear people talking and laughing in the parlor, and it stops when you enter the room. Footsteps on the stairway are heard. There is also a screaming woman outside on a certain nights. Hopewell - Appomatix Manor - This old house on the river front in Hopewell is known to have been a hold out for Confederate and sometimes Union soldiers during the Civil War, especially the assault on Petersburg nearby. One legend surrounding the house is where a nurse hid a Union soldier in the wall of the basement when the Confederates came to inspect the house. When they found Union paraphernalia in the storage room they arrested the woman and took her away. The Union soldier ,unable to help himself escape, died and today can be heard scratching at the walls for someone to be let out. This is a story told by the caretakers of the house. In 1953, when they were rebuilding the basement of the house they found a body of a Union solder behind the walls. Fort Monroe - The Chamberlain - George Washington has been seen here, among others. It is said that the top floor of the hotel is haunted by several apparitions and was closed for this reason. Bridgewater- Bridgewater College
Campus Norfolk-Weslyn Annandale-Round Tree Park- Chilhowie-CHS Hauntings- Ashland Randolph Macon College-SAE
Fraternity House Virginia Beach-Cavalier Hotel- Yorktown-Yorktown Battlefields- Alexandria-Gadsby's Tavern- Bullrun Manasses-Cobblestone
Bridge- Sweet Briar-Sweet Biar College-Meta
Glass Dormitory- Ashland-Randolph Macon College- Stanton- Virginia Aviation Museum- Woodlawn Plantation- Charlottesville-Monticello- Lynchburg-Randolph-Macon Woman's
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| Lynchburg: World's Largest Collection
of Cement Collectibles. Concrete World is on Hwy
29, 8 miles south of town, across the street from "South Lynchburg Truck Stop."
Apparently, a large portion of the country's cement collectibles and lawn ornaments are
made here. Load your pickup with drunks hanging on lampposts, little red riding hoods,
bird bath altars, and thousands of other goodies. I think there's a factory tour, but I
got there at 6am, several hours before they opened. |
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| Update on Milk Bottle Building: Located at Adams and Marshall in Downtown Richmond. Old Curles' Neck dairy building abandoned years ago was used in the mid-80s as artist studios. Fallen deeper into disrepair over the years, slated for renovation several times. As of June 1999, the building has been gutted, three walls (and the three milk bottles) remain. It is being converted to mid price apartments, with some luxury lofts. Rumor has it that the high end lofts will be inside the actual milk bottles |
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| Roanoke: As you go west out of Roanoke, VA , on Orange Avenue there is a cemetery on the left side of the road. (If you come to the Krispy Kreme Doughnuts you just passed it.) Once inside the cemetery take the first left you can and right there are the graves of Thomas W. Goodman & his wife Laura. Mr Goodman, who died in 1929, was an engineer on the Norfolk & Western Railroad and has a carved steam engine and tender on the top of his granite grave marker. It has the words "Norfolk & Western" carved into the tender. |
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| Hot Springs in a Cool
Town One of the nice things about Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, is that it appears unchanged in the 15 years we have known it. Indeed, the town conveys the impression that it has not changed much in the past 50 years. That's quite something for a town that dates back to before the American Revolution and regularly receives visitors used to urban life. Town residents have not sought to stylize their community with new facades or souvenir shops. Rather, citizens have built upon existing buildings, making improvements without altering the essence of the town. The movie theater was closed for years, but is now open and offers first-run films. Several clothing and general merchandise shops have been transformed into restaurants where patrons are greeted by the owners or gift shops with unusual gifts. Berkeley Springs continues to feel like a small town. What has made Berkeley Springs a long-time attraction is its hot springs. Native peoples visited the springs until wealthy colonial settlers claimed the area. George Washington and numerous other luminaries soaked in stone-carved hot tubs to unwind from the rigors of military campaigns, politics, and economic transactions. Now, the hot springs are incorporated into a one-block square state park. The park offers separate male and female soaking tubs and massages. Also, nearby Roman baths are available to couples. Several body workers have set up shop on the streets facing the park. Swedish massage, Foot Reflexology, and many other therapies are available. "I feel like a noodle," is an often-heard remark as visitors finish a soak or massage. Up the road from Berkeley Springs is Coolfont, a year-round resort with cabins, soaks and massages, good food, regular cultural events, and the International Water Tasting Competition, held annually in February. |
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