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

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

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

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

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

This little brick tunnel built by Confederate forces was used to conduct surprise attacks on the railroad.

A graveyard that dates back over 200 years stands near a busy shopping center.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

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

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

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

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

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

Once forgotten and built over, this historic Black cemetery now houses a poignant memorial.