One of the earliest and best-preserved buildings in Charles County, Maryland.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

This plaque celebrates the sister city relationship between Fredricksburg and Fréjus.

This small museum houses rare airplanes from aviation's golden age.

The site of one of the deadliest skirmishes during the Battle of Fredricksburg.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

An abandoned textile mill that is now home to art and concerts.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.

The grave of a champion Thoroughbred hides within the former presidential estate.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

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

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

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

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

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