The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

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

The oldest academic institution in Japan provides a glimpse of university life during the days of the samurai.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

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

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

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

The only tennis court that falls under the jurisdiction of the central bank.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

There's an old indoor swimming pool hidden directly underneath the White House Press Briefing Room.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.