Places Talbot von Sregor Wants to Go

Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.

The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

A rare example of a rural school in Washington, D.C.

Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.

The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.

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.

These abandoned waterworks are crumbling into the Potomac River.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

One of the oldest train stations still standing in Virginia played a vital role during the Civil War.

This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.

One of the oldest standing structures in Montgomery County, Maryland.

A massive white oak tree provides a beautiful canopy near a suburban shopping center and stood before the signing of the Constitution.

The oldest surviving one-room schoolhouse in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Using a massive antenna made up of five miles of wire, two scientists tuned into organic radio waves from the planet Jupiter.

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.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

The last of Fairfax County's one-room schoolhouses.

An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.

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

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

A small brick parlor house and artist's studio located in the wilderness is surrounded by imposing suburban palaces.