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.

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

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.

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

An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

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

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

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

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

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

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

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

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

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.