Fort Washington, Maryland
Remains of Truxton Circle Fountain
Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.
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Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington
This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.
Oxon Hill, Maryland
The Awakening
The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.
Fort Washington, Maryland
Woodrow Wilson Bridge
This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Alexandria, Virginia
South Boundary Stone of Washington, DC
America's first federal monument.
Alexandria, Virginia
Historic Huntley Plantation
The former home of Thomson Francis Mason, the mayor of Alexandria from 1827-1830.
Alexandria, Virginia
Jackson M. Abbott Wetland Refuge
Dedicated to a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who was also a bird watcher and artist.
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Army Museum Support Center
The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.
Lorton, Virginia
Pohick Church
This church is known as "The Home Church of George Washington and George Mason."
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop
This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.
Stafford, Virginia
Hogan's Alley
The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.
Williamsburg, Virginia
The Archaearium
This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Gullah Heritage Trail
The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.
Orlando, Florida
Colonel Joe Kittinger Park
Get up close to an F-4 Phantom flown in the Vietnam War at this Florida park.
Permanently Closed
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
River Country
Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.
Polk City, Florida
Fantasy of Flight
The world's largest private aircraft collection.
Lake Wales, Florida
Spook Hill
A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.
Lake Wales, Florida
Bok Tower Gardens
Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.
Celebration, Florida
Mickey Pylon
Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.
Homestead, Florida
Ed Leedskalnin's Coral Castle
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.
Key West, Florida
Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
St. Petersburg, Florida
James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art
This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Schrader's Little Cooperstown
The world's largest collection of autographed baseballs can be found at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.
