These figures float and flutter in this fountain crafted by famed Swedish sculptor Carl Milles.

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.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

In this cemetery stands the country's first public crematorium.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.

The site of one of the deadliest skirmishes during the Battle of Fredricksburg.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

While seemingly a cruel joke, this bench actually honors an esteemed member of the community who passed away in 2006.

This Civil War monument was designed by an eccentric architect and Gettysburg veteran.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

According to local history, this cast-iron canine was nearly melted down for bullets during the Civil War.

Historic barracks utilized during both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.