Civil War

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

This mosque is an enduring symbol of Central African Republic's rich Muslim heritage.

A small, red building located along a state highway where the 18th Vice President made shoes in his youth.

This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.

The final home of the most famous horse of the American Civil War.

This enormous steel tube is the biggest speaking horn in the world.

One of Gettysburg’s least visited battlefield memorials is off the beaten path, but worth a visit.

The sole surviving building from Newgate village, a colonial settlement that was renamed Centreville in 1792 after it was granted town status by the Virginia Assembly.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

A monolith stands at the site of the most significant battle ever fought on British soil.

Dating to 1793, this is the oldest building in Poolesville.

On the grounds of this study, Lew Wallace composed "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" and many other works.

Built to defend Washington D.C. during the Civil War, this fort became a post-war nucleus for a thriving Black community.

The former home of Thomson Francis Mason, the mayor of Alexandria from 1827-1830.

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

This Federal-style plantation house was once visited by Abraham Lincoln to meet with generals during the Civil War.