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This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

The rock on which Moll Dyer was found frozen to death is said to still bear her handprint.

At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

The grave of a champion Thoroughbred hides within the former presidential estate.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

A dilapidated Victorian mansion sits in the middle of a Virginia golf course.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A monument first built to honor Confederate soldiers now honors their Union opponents.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

John Tyler never got to be buried at his beloved home, but every pet his family owned since has been.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

A quiet cemetery in northeastern North Carolina holds tiny structures believed to protect spirits.

Soldiers’ scrawls turned into history’s signatures.

Long before the Battle of Gettysburg occurred, dinosaurs roamed the area and left their footprints on this bridge.

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!