The well-preserved remnants of a bridge that once made up a WW1-era military railroad.

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.

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.

The only remaining African American schoolhouse in northern Virginia is now a museum dedicated to formerly enslaved people.

A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.

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

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

A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

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.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

An obscure federal monument honors the French diplomat who served as Ambassador to the U.S. during WWI.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

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

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.