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

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

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 battleship’s mast sits atop a turret-like memorial, commemorating those who lost their lives in one of the precipitating events of the Spanish-American War.

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

An oft-overlooked, magically musical monolith that stands majestically between Arlington Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

Designed to commemorate the founding of the first settlement in Delaware.

This controversial reel is an artifact of the largest fish processing plant in the country, and a symbol of Delaware's integration.

Sip colonial-era cocktails at this monthly recreation of a 1740 watering hole.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

The only one-room schoolhouse remaining in Talbot County, Maryland.

The last remains of one of the oldest and largest oak trees in the United States calls this state park home.

This statue of two men in a rowboat was erected to honor those who died while fishing in the Chesapeake Bay.

A centuries-old stone pagoda from Japan stands among cherry trees beside the National Mall Tidal Basin.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

A gift from Japan, 17th-century lantern stands among the cherry trees at D.C.'s Tidal Basin.

This plaque celebrates the sister city relationship between Fredricksburg and Fréjus.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.