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"Hellmira" Monument

Elmira, New York

'Hellmira' Monument

All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.

Bally Space Invaders

Roanoke, Virginia

Roanoke Pinball Museum

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

Roanoke Star

Roanoke, Virginia

Roanoke Star

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Hogan's Alley

Stafford, Virginia

Hogan's Alley

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

Hornet Balls

Goldvein, Virginia

Hornet Balls

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

A stone from the Remagen Bridge.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Remagan Bridge

A piece of the Ludendorff Bridge, also known as Remagan Bridge, calls this military base home.

The paintings are stored on tightly packed vertical wire partitions to save space.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Army Museum Support Center

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

Fort Armistead

Baltimore, Maryland

Fort Armistead

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

Turkey Point Lighthouse

North East, Maryland

Turkey Point Lighthouse

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

The Natural Bridge

Natural Bridge, Virginia

The Natural Bridge

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

State Street

Bristol, Virginia

State Street

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

The Tombstone House.

Petersburg, Virginia

The Tombstone House

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

The restored tunnel entrance.

Petersburg, Virginia

The Crater

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

Rear of Grant's cabin at City Point

Hopewell, Virginia

Grant's Headquarters at City Point

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

Reclaim's arcade room.

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Reclaim Arcade

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

Slaughter Pen Farm

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Slaughter Pen Farm

The site of one of the deadliest skirmishes during the Battle of Fredricksburg.

The historical marker on the side of the highway.

Port Royal, Virginia

Assassin's End

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

The Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland

Lexington Park, Maryland

The Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland

A ghostly cabin attempts to reverse the erasure of enslaved people through poetry.

Point Lookout State Park

Scotland, Maryland

Point Lookout State Park

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

The slave memorial.

Alexandria, Virginia

Mount Vernon Slave Cemetery

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

Graffiti from 1861.

Alexandria, Virginia

Civil War Graffiti at Washington's Tomb

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

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