Places Added by Ian Hall

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

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

Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.

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

This historic Chinese church was relocated and revived as a museum that preserves and celebrates Chinese art, history, and culture.

The former home of the woman who successfully fought to integrate restaurants in Washington, D.C.

A gift from Scotland to the United States in memory of the 270 lives lost when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie due to a terrorist bombing.

Recorded as the first person buried in Arlington Cemetery.

The tallest church in Mechelen might have been the tallest in the world if not for a lack of funds.

One of the first Second Empire-style buildings constructed in North America.

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

Dating to 1793, this is the oldest building in Poolesville.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

Home to two notable early-20th-century Black educators, Lucy Slowe and Mary Burrill.

A massive white oak tree provides a beautiful canopy near a suburban shopping center and stood before the signing of the Constitution.

Get up close and personal at this Fresnel Lens.

This general store has stood in the same spot for well over a century.

This environmental engineering marvel keeps salt water from the Elizabeth River.

Once the center of a thriving early Black community called Martinsburg.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

Using a massive antenna made up of five miles of wire, two scientists tuned into organic radio waves from the planet Jupiter.

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.

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.

This one-room schoolhouse was revitalized in 2007 as a museum focusing on the education of Black children during the early 20th-century.