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

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

This one-room schoolhouse played a significant role in the education of Black children for almost 100 years.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

A rural colonial settlement that contains the remains of a store and cooper.

One of the earliest and best-preserved buildings in Charles County, Maryland.

One of the oldest standing structures in Montgomery County, Maryland.

This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

The tombstone of the founder of the lost town of Ogletown is now stuck inside a traffic median.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

This local gem houses the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside of the U.K.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.