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

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

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

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 eye-catching sculpture of rural life seems a bit out of place at a suburban intersection in front of a car dealership.

These figures float and flutter in this fountain crafted by famed Swedish sculptor Carl Milles.

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

The only remaining African American schoolhouse in northern Virginia is now a museum dedicated to formerly enslaved people.

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.