The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

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

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

A dilapidated Victorian mansion sits in the middle of a Virginia golf course.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.

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

These tree-filled acres are also filled with history, hiking and a celebration of Appalachian crafts.

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

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