Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

The naval commander’s proudest moment in battle is memorialized in this unique tomb at Arlington Cemetery.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

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.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

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

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

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

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

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

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

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

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

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