Places Added by Ian Hall

Tom Thumb's carriage is among the highlights of this unique collection of horse-drawn vehicles, donated by a carriage connoisseur and tucked away inside beautiful Morven Park

The first federal construction project authorized under the Constitution

A poet’s rustic cabin, rescued from demolition and tucked into Rock Creek’s greenery

A farmhouse where soldiers left their marks on the walls and attic

The only remaining building from the original 1800 Isle of Wight Courthouse Complex

This nondescript row house in downtown Washington, D.C., was the home of a very secretive group for well over a century

The former home of the "Father of Black History"

An 1830s street scene and roadside relics trace the country’s first great highway

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

This historic train depot transports visitors to an early 20th-century world before desegregation

A popular supernatural horror film based in this quaint Maryland village made it a destination for paranormal pilgrimages, but unbeknownst to many, a real rise awaits on a lonely hill on the edge of town, steeped in local legend

A coal town pitcher who became a record-setting legend, then came home to serve

The boy drummer who became the last surviving Maryland soldier of the Revolution

A hidden mid-city oasis, built for pollinators amid the concrete of federal buildings

A cemetery and stairs are all that remains of this former church

This one-time communal home of radical feminist activists was the first lesbian-related landmark on both the D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites and the National Register of Historic Places

A monument first built to honor Confederate soldiers now honors their Union opponents.

Marker for a long-gone electric trolley line that spurred the economic development of West Asheville.

A remarkably well-preserved one room schoolhouse that dates back to 1876.

The old building has been restored to its 1907 appearance.

On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.

Scary stories haunt this wooden bridge.

A tavern that is no longer in Dranesville.

The house where Lincoln drafted the Emancipation Proclamation.