Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.

Please don’t anchor your boat onto the Department of Defense’s underwater data cables.

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

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

This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.

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

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

An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

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

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

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

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

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.