The former home of Dr. E.B. Henderson, also known as the "Father of Black Basketball."

This monument traces the segregation line that inspired the first rural branch of the NAACP.

Two columns and a path leading into the woods at Fort Bennett Park are all that remain of a custom-built, Bavarian-inspired castle

Remnants of a wall built to separate Black residents of Hall's Hill from a newly built subdivision are a grim reminder of segregation in 20th-century Virginia.

This eye-catching sculpture of rural life seems a bit out of place at a suburban intersection in front of a car dealership.

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

A natural spring situated on the grounds of the Hawthorne estate.

Now a living classroom, this house was once the home of Reverend James Clinton Dent, a formerly enslaved man and a pastor.

A piece of the Ludendorff Bridge, also known as Remagan Bridge, calls this military base home.

Built in 1815, the stabilized ruins of the grist mill and sawmill are now gated, but interpretive displays on the features and functions of the mill preserve its history.

A striking memorial to the 21 lives lost in an explosion at the Washington Arsenal

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

This marker at the entrance to the Humphreys Engineer Center honors the former Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers.

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

These five Art Deco homes were meant to solve the "small house problem."

The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.

This mighty white oak in Bethesda survived both the American Revolution and the construction of Washington D.C.'s metro red line.

A spectacular tribute to statesman and philanthropist Andrew Mellon.

An echo chamber with a waterfall wrapped around its base at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

The first neighborhood to implement the Garden City model in its suburban planning.

This crumbling little graveyard was saved from the undergrowth by concerned veterans.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.