The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

A historic town sits upon the site of a long-lost 18th-century trading community.

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.

A completely round house designed for the Atomic Age.

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

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

Built in 1815, the stabilized ruins of the grist mill and sawmill are now gated, but interpretive displays on the features and functions of the mill preserve its history.

Dating to 1793, this is the oldest building in Poolesville.

Once the center of a thriving early Black community called Martinsburg.

The Aldie Gristmill was once the largest factory of its kind in Loudoun County.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.

At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

This grisly headstone doesn’t seem to be resting in peace.

Dinosaurs, magic, and wonder are hidden amid the forests of Allaire State Park.

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

This giant satellite antenna services the transmission needs of government agencies and cable programmers.

A condo complex once housed a boarding school with the 24th U.S. Vice President among its notable alumni.

One of the last-standing and most prominent structures from a long-lost colonial port community.

The whole world in one water tank.