Fredericksburg, Virginia
Chatham Catalpas
These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Arlington, Virginia
Ronald Reagan National Airport's Historic Terminal A
The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.
Alexandria, Virginia
Torpedo Factory Art Center
A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.
Waverly, Virginia
First Peanut Museum in the U.S.
A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.
Chincoteague Island, Virginia
Misty of Chincoteague
The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.
Alexandria, Virginia
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial
This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.
Winchester, Virginia
Patsy Cline's Childhood Home and Grave
The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke Star
Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.
Lynchburg, Virginia
The Pest House Medical Museum
A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.
Arlington, Virginia
Rosslyn Metro Escalator
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Lynchburg, Virginia
Museums at Old City Cemetery
A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.
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Lexington, Virginia
The Coffee Pot
The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Abandoned Virginia Renaissance Faire
The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
The Natural Bridge
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Baltimore, Maryland
George Peabody Library
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
The Doors of Fame
These old doors are covered in the signatures of Rehoboth Beach artists dating back to the 1930s.
Cooperstown, New York
Kingfisher Tower
A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.
Hoboken, New Jersey
Birthplace of Baseball Monument
A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.
New York, New York
The Cross at Ground Zero
Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.
Queens, New York
Louis Armstrong House
The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.
New York, New York
The Old McGraw-Hill Building
Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.
New York, New York
The Jane Hotel
This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.
New York, New York
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace Museum
The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.
New York, New York
New Yorker Hotel
The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
