Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

The well-preserved remnants of a bridge that once made up a WW1-era military railroad.

This historic boathouse was constructed using salvaged lumber from burned barns.

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

Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.

Recorded as the first person buried in Arlington Cemetery.

A gift from Scotland to the United States in memory of the 270 lives lost when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie due to a terrorist bombing.

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

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

A weathered, American Foursquare-style house originally built for lumber merchant William Wimsatt.

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

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

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

The last early 20th-century schoolhouse in Fairfax County has galvanized the community and engendered a spirit of service among residents.

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

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

A secret rendezvous spot where John S. Mosby and his Rangers would meet to divvy up their loot after raids.

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

This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.

Little has changed in the way that this mill operates since the 18th-century.

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 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.

A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.