Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

The final home of the most famous horse of the American Civil War.

The local community brought back this land to transform it into a nature preserve.

An abandoned textile mill that is now home to art and concerts.

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.

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

A journey along this trail means indulging in a slice of nostalgia.

This restored house built from a Sears kit in the 1930s is a physical remnant of FDR's New Deal following the Great Depression.

Home to a 27 room house, this estate was crafted by Black entrepreneur Olander Banks Sr.

A weathered, American Foursquare-style house originally built for lumber merchant William Wimsatt.

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

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.

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.

A collection of vehicles across American military history.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

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.

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

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

This tower was once used to create ammunition for early settlers.

The former home of Thomson Francis Mason, the mayor of Alexandria from 1827-1830.

The childhood home of the famous general's mother is now a small, walled garden.

The well-preserved remnants of a bridge that once made up a WW1-era military railroad.

This Federal-style plantation house was once visited by Abraham Lincoln to meet with generals during the Civil War.

The Aldie Gristmill was once the largest factory of its kind in Loudoun County.

Hidden in the forest atop a long, winding driveway is this stately home.