Places Rural Exploration VA Wants to Go

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

100 years later, they're still down there.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

Please don’t anchor your boat onto the Department of Defense’s underwater data cables.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.

The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.

This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.

This little brick tunnel built by Confederate forces was used to conduct surprise attacks on the railroad.

An 18-mile-long tunnel for sewage waste will soon wind within the bowels of Washington, D.C.

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

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

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

The former home of Thomson Francis Mason, the mayor of Alexandria from 1827-1830.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.