The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

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

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

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

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

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

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Helen Keller once broke ground on this historic center for the study of technologies to benefit the hearing impaired.

A small token of gratitude from freezing cold journalists who were given a warm haven while covering JFK's inauguration.

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

The 92-foot-tall structure is based on the aircraft that carried the first Americans into space.

A recreated sign from the movie Jumanji has become a makeshift tribute to the film's late star.

This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.

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

Rumors persist that a bottle of whiskey is sealed within this Demijohn-shaped adornment.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

This bridge over D.C.'s Rock Creek Park is sometimes called the "Buffalo Bridge" because of its four buffalo sculptures, which were cast from a single piece of bronze.