This Federal-style plantation house was once visited by Abraham Lincoln to meet with generals during the Civil War.

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

This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads.

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

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

The only surviving 19th-century water-powered mill found in the Washington, D.C. area.

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

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.

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

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.

A graveyard that dates back over 200 years stands near a busy shopping center.

The former home of the man whose radical ideas changed the nation.

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

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

This homestead was occupied by Union soldiers, who believed the owners were signaling Confederate forces.

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

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

The most historic church in Fairfax County played a role in the creation of the American Red Cross.

Get up close and personal at this Fresnel Lens.

This former Cold War missile control site played an important role in the creation of GPS.

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

A 14-foot monument marks the resting place of two of the town's earliest residents—and one unknown soldier.

A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.