Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

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

The naval commander’s proudest moment in battle is memorialized in this unique tomb at Arlington Cemetery.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

The Pentagon sits on a former island that was in Virginia at low tide and D.C. at high tide.

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

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

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

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

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

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

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

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.