This small pedestal marks the spot of the first lot of land sold in Alexandria, Virginia in 1749.

The final home of the most famous horse of the American Civil War.

An oft-overlooked, magically musical monolith that stands majestically between Arlington Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.

The sole surviving building from Newgate village, a colonial settlement that was renamed Centreville in 1792 after it was granted town status by the Virginia Assembly.

Home to a 27 room house, this estate was crafted by Black entrepreneur Olander Banks Sr.

The childhood home of the famous general's mother is now a small, walled garden.

This one-room schoolhouse was revitalized in 2007 as a museum focusing on the education of Black children during the early 20th-century.

This monument traces the segregation line that inspired the first rural branch of the NAACP.

A gift from Scotland to the United States in memory of the 270 lives lost when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie due to a terrorist bombing.

Right next to departures—how convenient!

Remnants of a wall built to separate Black residents of Hall's Hill from a newly built subdivision are a grim reminder of segregation in 20th-century Virginia.

This restored house built from a Sears kit in the 1930s is a physical remnant of FDR's New Deal following the Great Depression.

Erosion has transformed this sandstone boulder into a massive dune-filled cavern.

The last vestige of a once substantial orchard and farm in the suburbs of Northern Virginia.

A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Named for a Greek oracle that interpreted the words of Zeus, this beautifully-restored manor home was once home to the architect of the Marshall Plan.

This tower was once used to create ammunition for early settlers.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

Recorded as the first person buried in Arlington Cemetery.

This pharmacist and his patient greet visitors to the National Community Pharmacists Association.

The local community brought back this land to transform it into a nature preserve.

The former home of Thomson Francis Mason, the mayor of Alexandria from 1827-1830.