Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

According to local history, this cast-iron canine was nearly melted down for bullets during the Civil War.

A collection of Witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

This small museum houses rare airplanes from aviation's golden age.

This former train station was once an important shipping depot for the regions farmers.

The site of one of the deadliest skirmishes during the Battle of Fredricksburg.

The last of Fairfax County's one-room schoolhouses.

A small brick parlor house and artist's studio located in the wilderness is surrounded by imposing suburban palaces.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

The Aldie Gristmill was once the largest factory of its kind in Loudoun County.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

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

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

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

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

America's first public mental health facility.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.