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A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

Once forgotten and built over, this historic Black cemetery now houses a poignant memorial.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.

A nuclear power plant abandoned along with an international allegience.

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

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

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.