The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania.

The Pentagon sits on a former island that was in Virginia at low tide and D.C. at high tide.

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.”

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

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

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

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

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

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

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

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

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

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