Places Added by Ian Hall

The former home of elite checkers battles of the Capital Pool Checkers Club.

Named for a Greek oracle that interpreted the words of Zeus, this beautifully-restored manor home was once home to the architect of the Marshall Plan.

A secret rendezvous spot where John S. Mosby and his Rangers would meet to divvy up their loot after raids.

This historic boathouse was constructed using salvaged lumber from burned barns.

This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.

The last of Fairfax County's one-room schoolhouses.

This Georgian-style house built in 1746 is the oldest surviving structure in Bladensburg.

A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.

George Washington once stopped by this house for dinner.

The only U.S. Senator to die on the field of battle is buried in San Francisco but memorialized at Balls Bluff Regional Park.

Washington D.C.'s most famous pianist, composer, and bandleader still tickles the ivories outside Howard Theater.

The only one-room schoolhouse remaining in Talbot County, Maryland.

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

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

This "castle" is actually a limestone and quartz formation hidden along a trail.

The former home of Lillian Evans Tibbs and her grandson, Thurlow Evans Tibbs Jr., whose prodigious contributions to music and art spanned more than 90 years.

The only public school for Black children in the region from 1895-1936.

In what is rumored to be an intentional act of spite, this memorial almost completely obscures the nearby grave of a senior officer.

This suburban park recalls the history of a famous tavern. Despite the name, it's no ordinary place!

One of the last schoolhouses constructed in the early 20th-century still standing in Montgomery County.

The sole surviving building from Newgate village, a colonial settlement that was renamed Centreville in 1792 after it was granted town status by the Virginia Assembly.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

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

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.