The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

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

Once forgotten and built over, this historic Black cemetery now houses a poignant memorial.

This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

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

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

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

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

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.

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

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

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