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

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

Across from a hotel parking lot, a Confederate spy rests under a large tombstone with her Union Veteran husband behind a copse of trees in a small, well-maintained cemetery.

This restaurant is devoted to celebrating Appalachia's cuisine.

The oldest existing one-room brick schoolhouse in Loudoun County.

A renovated schoolhouse that highlights the history of Clarke County's Black community.

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

One of the few remaining Rosenwald Schools left in Virginia.

A glimpse into early 19th-century education.

At one of the nation’s longest-running professional theaters, the audience used to barter for tickets with produce and livestock.

The final home of the most famous horse of the American Civil War.

The Aldie Gristmill was once the largest factory of its kind in Loudoun County.

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

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

Hidden in the forest atop a long, winding driveway is this stately home.

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

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.

This Federal-style plantation house was once visited by Abraham Lincoln to meet with generals during the Civil War.

The solitary grave of a schooner captain killed by lightning while serving biscuits.

The location where the American Revolution ended.

Built to defend Washington D.C. during the Civil War, this fort became a post-war nucleus for a thriving Black community.