An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

America's first federal monument.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

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

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

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

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

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

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.