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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.

This unique structure is the only one of its kind in Virginia.

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.

The only surviving 19th-century water-powered mill found in the Washington, D.C. area.

The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.

This homestead was occupied by Union soldiers, who believed the owners were signaling Confederate forces.

This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.

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

The former home of the man whose radical ideas changed the nation.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

The most historic church in Fairfax County played a role in the creation of the American Red Cross.

A 100-foot metal tower and swinging bridge that provides stunning views of mountains in five states.

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.