Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.

The oldest military monument in the United States.

This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

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

These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

This historic boathouse was constructed using salvaged lumber from burned barns.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

A portal into the bricked up canal that runs through the heart of Washington D.C.

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.

The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

A spectacular tribute to statesman and philanthropist Andrew Mellon.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.