Brandy Station, Virginia
Graffiti House
At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.
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Brandy Station, Virginia
At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.
Montpelier Station, Virginia
The grave of a champion Thoroughbred hides within the former presidential estate.
Gordonsville, Virginia
This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
Washington, D.C.
Washington D.C.'s most famous pianist, composer, and bandleader still tickles the ivories outside Howard Theater.
Hanover, Pennsylvania
These small house replicas have stood proudly since the 1950s, even as the property has changed hands.
Thurmont, Maryland
Washed out by the Johnstown Flood in 1889, the surviving portion of the original two-span bridge now resides at Fishing Creek.
Rocky Ridge, Maryland
First built around 1848, this bridge was destroyed by arson, but original timbers are included in the replacement.
Thurmont, Maryland
The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
One of Gettysburg’s least visited battlefield memorials is off the beaten path, but worth a visit.
Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania
This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
This massive sycamore tree has been labeled as one of the largest in the state.
Baltimore, Maryland
This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.
Baltimore, Maryland
A miniature city within a city, complete with traffic signs, signals, and streets to teach Baltimore's youth traffic safety laws.
Baltimore, Maryland
The only public swimming pool in Baltimore open to Black Americans during segregation is now a permanent memorial art exhibit.
Baltimore, Maryland
Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.
Winchester, Virginia
A natural spring situated on the grounds of the Hawthorne estate.
Annapolis, Maryland
The oldest military monument in the United States.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.
Alexandria, Virginia
This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
A piece of the Ludendorff Bridge, also known as Remagan Bridge, calls this military base home.
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
One of the Treasury Building's original columns now sits as a garden monument in the middle of a busy military base.
Alexandria, Virginia
This marker at the entrance to the Humphreys Engineer Center honors the former Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers.