Built in 1547, these ruins lie on a rocky promontory in Ballintoy jutting into the wild ocean waters below.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

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

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.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

An oft-overlooked, magically musical monolith that stands majestically between Arlington Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

This memorial honors five journalists who were killed in a mass shooting in 2018, and affirms the importance of the first amendment.

A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.

A touching tribute to a local hero who made sure his neighborhood stayed clean.

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

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

A tribute to the beloved, kind-hearted "homeless mayor" of Silver Spring.

The famous bell was secreted away and hidden in a church in Allentown during the British occupation of Philadelphia.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.