The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

A weathered, American Foursquare-style house originally built for lumber merchant William Wimsatt.

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.

The last early 20th-century schoolhouse in Fairfax County has galvanized the community and engendered a spirit of service among residents.

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

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

This little brick tunnel built by Confederate forces was used to conduct surprise attacks on the railroad.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The magic's in the hole!

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.