Places sarahltait Wants to Go

This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads.

This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."

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

The only remaining African American schoolhouse in northern Virginia is now a museum dedicated to formerly enslaved people.

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

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

A journey along this trail means indulging in a slice of nostalgia.

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

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

A graveyard that dates back over 200 years stands near a busy shopping center.

The naval commander’s proudest moment in battle is memorialized in this unique tomb at Arlington Cemetery.

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

The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.

The only surviving 19th-century water-powered mill found in the Washington, D.C. area.

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

The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.

The former home of the man whose radical ideas changed the nation.

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

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

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

The most historic church in Fairfax County played a role in the creation of the American Red Cross.

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