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

Originally dubbed "Retirement" by the Navy Commodore who built it in 1780, this beautiful mansion is now the centerpiece of a suburban community park.

This "castle" is actually a limestone and quartz formation hidden along a trail.

This church is known as "The Home Church of George Washington and George Mason."

This unique structure is the only one of its kind in Virginia.

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

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

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

One of the oldest train stations still standing in Virginia played a vital role during the Civil War.

Please don’t anchor your boat onto the Department of Defense’s underwater data cables.

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

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

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

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

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

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

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