Places shanemwoods Wants to Go

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

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

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

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

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

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

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

An enchanting natural wonder in Puerto Rico's Camuy River Park.

This limestone cave offers an incredible view of the Río Grande de Arecibo valley.

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.