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Built to defend Washington D.C. during the Civil War, this fort became a post-war nucleus for a thriving Black community.

This church is known as "The Home Church of George Washington and George Mason."

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

This "castle" is actually a limestone and quartz formation hidden along a trail.

A 100-foot metal tower and swinging bridge that provides stunning views of mountains in five states.

This unique structure is the only one of its kind in Virginia.

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

This homestead was occupied by Union soldiers, who believed the owners were signaling Confederate forces.

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

The grave of a champion Thoroughbred hides within the former presidential estate.

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

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

One of the oldest train stations still standing in Virginia played a vital role during the Civil War.

Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.

The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

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

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.