Places thousandheads Wants to Go

The local community brought back this land to transform it into a nature preserve.

This eye-catching sculpture of rural life seems a bit out of place at a suburban intersection in front of a car dealership.

The solitary grave of a schooner captain killed by lightning while serving biscuits.

This site is believed to be connected to the oldest house in Arlington County.

Originally dubbed "Retirement" by the Navy Commodore who built it in 1780, this beautiful mansion is now the centerpiece of a suburban community park.

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

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

In what is rumored to be an intentional act of spite, this memorial almost completely obscures the nearby grave of a senior officer.

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

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

Built to defend Washington D.C. during the Civil War, this fort became a post-war nucleus for a thriving Black community.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A 14-foot monument marks the resting place of two of the town's earliest residents—and one unknown soldier.

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

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

The Pentagon sits on a former island that was in Virginia at low tide and D.C. at high tide.

This unique structure is the only one of its kind in Virginia.