Richmond's Marlboro sign: The roadside welcome only locals know

Yes, but: The sign just off I-95 in South Richmond isn't the most common "I'm home" view, according to our readers. The city skyline is.

• That's likely because the totem to tobacco is roughly 7 miles south of the city center and only works as a welcome if you're coming north on 95.

Other homecoming landmarks for readers: Main Street Station, the river, Tom Leonard's in Short Pump, the Sheetz on Lucks Lane, the Kings Dominion sign, Church Hill, Grove Avenue, Forest Hill and Richard's Rendezvous.

• But we (along with the two dozen readers who picked it) are kind of partial to our circa 1973 cigarette tower as our welcome mat.

That's because many cities have a skyline, but Richmond is the only one in the nation with a massive monument to Marlboro.