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Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

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

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

Dedicated to a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who was also a bird watcher and artist.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

John Tyler never got to be buried at his beloved home, but every pet his family owned since has been.

Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.

The local community brought back this land to transform it into a nature preserve.

Named for a Greek oracle that interpreted the words of Zeus, this beautifully-restored manor home was once home to the architect of the Marshall Plan.

In what is rumored to be an intentional act of spite, this memorial almost completely obscures the nearby grave of a senior officer.

The solitary grave of a schooner captain killed by lightning while serving biscuits.

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

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

The naval commander’s proudest moment in battle is memorialized in this unique tomb at Arlington Cemetery.

The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.

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

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

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

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

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

Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.