Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."

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

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

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

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

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

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

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.

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