Fairfax, Virginia
Legato School Museum
The last of Fairfax County's one-room schoolhouses.
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Fairfax, Virginia
The last of Fairfax County's one-room schoolhouses.
Annapolis, Maryland
Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.
Annapolis, Maryland
This memorial honors five journalists who were killed in a mass shooting in 2018, and affirms the importance of the first amendment.
Annapolis, Maryland
This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.
Annapolis, Maryland
A quick journey through the history of Annapolis.
Annapolis, Maryland
A Maryland museum dedicated to Black history, housed in a historic church.
Nanjemoy, Maryland
The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.
Charlottesville, Virginia
The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.
Barboursville, Virginia
The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.
Arlington, Virginia
Recorded as the first person buried in Arlington Cemetery.
Norfolk, Virginia
One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.
Norfolk, Virginia
A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.
Norfolk, Virginia
This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.
Lewes, Delaware
The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.
Lewes, Delaware
World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.
Lewes, Delaware
A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.
Milton, Delaware
What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.
Milton, Delaware
A statue of the English poet for whom this Delaware town is named is ritually dressed in seasonally appropriate clothing.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.