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

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

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

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.

A small, forgotten prison cemetery marked only by a wrought-iron fence and eerie depressions left in the ground.

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

Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

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

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

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

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

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

The grave of a champion Thoroughbred hides within the former presidential estate.