The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

In this cemetery stands the country's first public crematorium.

This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

Concerned residents saved this historic house and garden from demolition.

This plaque celebrates the sister city relationship between Fredricksburg and Fréjus.

Slated for demolition, this house was relocated piece by piece.

This site is believed to be connected to the oldest house in Arlington County.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

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

During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

One of the few remaining Rosenwald Schools left in Virginia.

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

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

John Tyler never got to be buried at his beloved home, but every pet his family owned since has been.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

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 once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.