A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

A natural spring situated on the grounds of the Hawthorne estate.

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

Designated as an Underground Railroad research site.

Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.

In 1932, Americans honored their first president's 200th birthday by planting trees.

A small, forgotten prison cemetery marked only by a wrought-iron fence and eerie depressions left in the ground.

A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.

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

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

This local mascot has been a presence in the area since the 1960s.

In 1889, a small group of women began meeting to discuss literature, art, and other topics. Their every-other-week salon grew into a lending library that still exists today.

This former train station was once an important shipping depot for the regions farmers.

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

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

This Federal-style plantation house was once visited by Abraham Lincoln to meet with generals during the Civil War.

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

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.

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

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

The final resting place of a physician rescued during the bombardment of Fort McHenry.

The only labyrinth within the city of Alexandria.

Depending on who you ask, this controversial treehouse is either a charmingly creative child's playhouse or an illegal encroachment on public land.