This monument traces the segregation line that inspired the first rural branch of the NAACP.

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

This local mascot has been a presence in the area since the 1960s.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

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

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

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

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

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

A small, forgotten prison cemetery marked only by a wrought-iron fence and eerie depressions left in the ground.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

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

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

An unkempt, oddly placed piece of land keeps an elderly farming couple in a residential area.

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

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

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

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

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

A farmhouse where soldiers left their marks on the walls and attic

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

This campus monument honors Katherine Johnson, who hand-calculated the trajectory for America’s first human spaceflight and safely land Apollo 11 on the moon.