Home to the organ played at General MacArthur's funeral.

Built to defend Washington D.C. during the Civil War, this fort became a post-war nucleus for a thriving Black community.

Originally dubbed "Retirement" by the Navy Commodore who built it in 1780, this beautiful mansion is now the centerpiece of a suburban community park.

A small brick parlor house and artist's studio located in the wilderness is surrounded by imposing suburban palaces.

A natural spring situated on the grounds of the Hawthorne estate.

A highway marker that honors a former spy plane pilot and local hero.

In what is rumored to be an intentional act of spite, this memorial almost completely obscures the nearby grave of a senior officer.

The Harlem Renaissance poet and activist wrote, organized, and hosted travelers in this Lynchburg, Virginia oasis.

Dedicated to a veritable Houdini among P.O.W.s who escaped imprisonment on five separate occasions.

This environmental engineering marvel keeps salt water from the Elizabeth River.

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads.

This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."

This church is known as "The Home Church of George Washington and George Mason."

The only remaining African American schoolhouse in northern Virginia is now a museum dedicated to formerly enslaved people.

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

This "castle" is actually a limestone and quartz formation hidden along a trail.

A journey along this trail means indulging in a slice of nostalgia.

A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

A graveyard that dates back over 200 years stands near a busy shopping center.

The naval commander’s proudest moment in battle is memorialized in this unique tomb at Arlington Cemetery.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.