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

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.

A 14-foot monument marks the resting place of two of the town's earliest residents—and one unknown soldier.

One of the oldest train stations still standing in Virginia played a vital role during the Civil War.

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

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.

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

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

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

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

A suburban museum tells the story of a historic transportation network and even provides rides in antique trolley cars.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.