The solitary grave of a schooner captain killed by lightning while serving biscuits.

The only remaining African American schoolhouse in northern Virginia is now a museum dedicated to formerly enslaved people.

This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads.

A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.

The only surviving 19th-century water-powered mill found in the Washington, D.C. area.

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

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

A graveyard that dates back over 200 years stands near a busy shopping center.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

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

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

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

The grave of a champion Thoroughbred hides within the former presidential estate.

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

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.

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

This little brick tunnel built by Confederate forces was used to conduct surprise attacks on the railroad.

Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

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

The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."

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

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.