This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

Dedicated to one of the author's most iconic works.

This ship offers visitors the chance to spend the night aboard a former floating hospital for fishermen.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

America's first federal monument.

This rudder is one of the few remnants of a shipyard that once operated on the banks of the Potomac River.

Once forgotten and built over, this historic Black cemetery now houses a poignant memorial.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.

This small pedestal marks the spot of the first lot of land sold in Alexandria, Virginia in 1749.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

This mural of the late David Bowie features eight colorful panels showcasing Bowie’s various alter egos.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

Artifacts from a battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor displayed in the Capitol building of its namesake.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.