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United Brick Corporation Ruins
Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.
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Washington, D.C.
Fort Reno Park
The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.
Washington, D.C.
Space Window at the Washington National Cathedral
A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
Washington, D.C.
The Brewmaster's Castle
This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.
District of Columbia
Darth Vader Grotesque
The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.
Washington, D.C.
National Capitol Columns
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Warsaw, Virginia
Menokin
The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.
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Lexington, Virginia
The Coffee Pot
The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.
Lynchburg, Virginia
Museums at Old City Cemetery
A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.
Culpeper, Virginia
National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.
White Post, Virginia
Dinosaurland
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Luray, Virginia
The Great Stalacpipe Organ
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Erwin, Tennessee
Lost Cove Settlement
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Ruby Falls
The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Synchronous Fireflies of the Great Smoky Mountains
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
Townsend, Tennessee
Tuckaleechee Caverns
Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Lost Sea
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
Mechanicsville, Virginia
The Ghost Church
The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.
Richmond, Virginia
Egyptian Building
A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.
Buckingham, Virginia
The Light Of Truth Universal Shrine
The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.
Dayton, Virginia
Mole Hill
One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.
Bristol, Virginia
State Street
One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke Pinball Museum
This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.
Arlington, Virginia
Headstone-Eating Trees
The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.
