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

This historic furnace was once used to produce cannonballs during the Civil War.

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

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

The site of the little-known Pennsylvania battle that sparked the Seven Years' War.

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

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

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

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

This former Cold War missile control site played an important role in the creation of GPS.

An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.

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

Originally dubbed "Retirement" by the Navy Commodore who built it in 1780, this beautiful mansion is now the centerpiece of a suburban community park.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.