A glimpse into the sacrifices of military members during World War II.

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

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

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

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

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

The site of one of the deadliest skirmishes during the Battle of Fredricksburg.

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

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

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.