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

An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

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.

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

An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

One man's lifelong collection of 10,000 rare steins tells the story of beer drinking from 1350 to today.

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

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

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

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

America's first federal monument.

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

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