One of the oldest train stations still standing in Virginia played a vital role during the Civil War.

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

The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."

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

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

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

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

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

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

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

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

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

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

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

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

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

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

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

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

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

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

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