Places thousandheads Wants to Go

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

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

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

This little brick tunnel built by Confederate forces was used to conduct surprise attacks on the railroad.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

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

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

Erosion has transformed this sandstone boulder into a massive dune-filled cavern.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

A 100-foot metal tower and swinging bridge that provides stunning views of mountains in five states.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

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

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

These figures float and flutter in this fountain crafted by famed Swedish sculptor Carl Milles.

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.