A highway marker that honors a former spy plane pilot and local hero.

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

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

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

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

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

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

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

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

This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."

The grave of a champion Thoroughbred hides within the former presidential estate.

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

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

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

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.”

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

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

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

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

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.