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This church is known as "The Home Church of George Washington and George Mason."

Operational for less than a year, this mill produced more than 11,000 tons of chrome concentrate in its short lifespan.

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

This former Cold War missile control site played an important role in the creation of GPS.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

The most historic church in Fairfax County played a role in the creation of the American Red Cross.

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.

One of the oldest train stations still standing in Virginia played a vital role during the Civil War.

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

A small, forgotten prison cemetery marked only by a wrought-iron fence and eerie depressions left in the ground.

A 14-foot monument marks the resting place of two of the town's earliest residents—and one unknown soldier.

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.