These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

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

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

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.

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

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

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.

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

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

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.