This former POW camp was transformed into a Cold War missile installation.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

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

The solitary grave of a schooner captain killed by lightning while serving biscuits.

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

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

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.