Lexington, Virginia
University Chapel
This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.
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Lexington, Virginia
This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.
Arlington, Virginia
Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.
Stafford, Virginia
The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.
Lorton, Virginia
Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.
Danville, Virginia
This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.
Alexandria, Virginia
This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.
Warrenton, Virginia
This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.
Petersburg, Virginia
An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.
Fairfax, Virginia
Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.
Port Royal, Virginia
The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.
Locust Grove, Virginia
The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.
Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.
McLean, Virginia
A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.
Port Angeles, Washington
An abandoned World War II bunker is part of a chain that runs throughout Washington.
Mukilteo, Washington
A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.
Ariel, Washington
An annual celebration of the infamous, unsolved skyjacking.
Seattle, Washington
42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.
Port Townsend, Washington
An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.
Ashford, Washington
The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.
Prosser, Washington
The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.
La Push, Washington
Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.
Forks, Washington
A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.
LaCrosse, Washington
An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.
Stevenson, Washington
An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.