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A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

Home to a 27 room house, this estate was crafted by Black entrepreneur Olander Banks Sr.

This homestead was occupied by Union soldiers, who believed the owners were signaling Confederate forces.

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

At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.

A small brick parlor house and artist's studio located in the wilderness is surrounded by imposing suburban palaces.

Hidden in the forest atop a long, winding driveway is this stately home.

This pharmacist and his patient greet visitors to the National Community Pharmacists Association.

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

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

The childhood home of the famous general's mother is now a small, walled garden.

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

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

The former home of the man whose radical ideas changed the nation.

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

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

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

A highway marker that honors a former spy plane pilot and local hero.

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

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

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

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