Places Annie Oortman Wants to Go

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

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

Right next to departures—how convenient!

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

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

The grave of a champion Thoroughbred hides within the former presidential estate.

A small, forgotten prison cemetery marked only by a wrought-iron fence and eerie depressions left in the ground.

A 14-foot monument marks the resting place of two of the town's earliest residents—and one unknown soldier.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."

The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.

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

The Pentagon sits on a former island that was in Virginia at low tide and D.C. at high tide.

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

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

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.”

Once forgotten and built over, this historic Black cemetery now houses a poignant memorial.

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

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

Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.