This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

These figures float and flutter in this fountain crafted by famed Swedish sculptor Carl Milles.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

America's first federal monument.

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

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

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

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

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.