The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

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.

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

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

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

The most historic church in Fairfax County played a role in the creation of the American Red Cross.

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

A 14-foot monument marks the resting place of two of the town's earliest residents—and one unknown soldier.

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

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

The last early 20th-century schoolhouse in Fairfax County has galvanized the community and engendered a spirit of service among residents.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

The former home of the man whose radical ideas changed the nation.

This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads.

A weathered, American Foursquare-style house originally built for lumber merchant William Wimsatt.

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

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

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.

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

This church is known as "The Home Church of George Washington and George Mason."

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

This homestead was occupied by Union soldiers, who believed the owners were signaling Confederate forces.

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