Places sarahltait Wants to Go

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

The last early 20th-century schoolhouse in Fairfax County has galvanized the community and engendered a spirit of service among residents.

An oft-overlooked, magically musical monolith that stands majestically between Arlington Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

The final home of the most famous horse of the American Civil War.

Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.

This small pedestal marks the spot of the first lot of land sold in Alexandria, Virginia in 1749.

This one-room schoolhouse was revitalized in 2007 as a museum focusing on the education of Black children during the early 20th-century.

The sole surviving building from Newgate village, a colonial settlement that was renamed Centreville in 1792 after it was granted town status by the Virginia Assembly.

Home to a 27 room house, this estate was crafted by Black entrepreneur Olander Banks Sr.

This monument traces the segregation line that inspired the first rural branch of the NAACP.

Remnants of a wall built to separate Black residents of Hall's Hill from a newly built subdivision are a grim reminder of segregation in 20th-century Virginia.

This restored house built from a Sears kit in the 1930s is a physical remnant of FDR's New Deal following the Great Depression.

A gift from Scotland to the United States in memory of the 270 lives lost when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie due to a terrorist bombing.

Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.

Right next to departures—how convenient!

The last vestige of a once substantial orchard and farm in the suburbs of Northern Virginia.

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Named for a Greek oracle that interpreted the words of Zeus, this beautifully-restored manor home was once home to the architect of the Marshall Plan.

This tower was once used to create ammunition for early settlers.

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

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.

This site is believed to be connected to the oldest house in Arlington County.

This pharmacist and his patient greet visitors to the National Community Pharmacists Association.

The local community brought back this land to transform it into a nature preserve.