Places Edited by Ian Hall

The naval commander’s proudest moment in battle is memorialized in this unique tomb at Arlington Cemetery.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

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

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had a tremendous humanitarian impact by locating thousands of missing soldiers.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

After his presidency, George Washington planned to live only a few blocks from the Capitol building.

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

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

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.