Tyler Le/BI
Pageland Lane is a roughly 5-mile-long, one-lane road in Prince William County, Virginia, an hour south of Washington, DC. To the east it hugs Manassas National Battlefield Park; to the west lie thousands of acres dotted sporadically with homes and miles of pristine farmland, with grazing horses and tight round hay bales lazing in the sun. It all looks plucked from a postcard. It's also, Elena Schlossberg repeatedly reminded me while driving me on a tour of the area, very likely doomed.