Places thecollierfour Wants to Go

Right next to departures—how convenient!

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

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

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

Home to the organ played at General MacArthur's funeral.

A literal in-depth look at one of the United States' most cherished coal mines and the questionable working conditions of its laborers

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

A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.

John Tyler never got to be buried at his beloved home, but every pet his family owned since has been.

The branches of this sprawling cedar tree are laden with wishes big and small.

The location where the American Revolution ended.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

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

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.