For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

Play over 120 retro arcade games and pinball machines at this throwback museum.

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

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

The only labyrinth within the city of Alexandria.

Built to defend Washington D.C. during the Civil War, this fort became a post-war nucleus for a thriving Black community.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.

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

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

An original apothecary from 1792.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

America's first federal monument.

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

An abandoned textile mill that is now home to art and concerts.

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

The branches of this sprawling cedar tree are laden with wishes big and small.

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

This environmental engineering marvel keeps salt water from the Elizabeth River.