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

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

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

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

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.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A rock maze opens up to a panoramic viewpoint at an abandoned mine full of ghost stories.