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Visit to Virginia’s Dinosaur Land is a retro trip through time
BIG CREATURES By Jill Devine If you saw a 35-foot Tyrannosaurus rex standing by the road, would you pull the car over for a better […]
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Virginia Scenic Railway in Staunton a hit with riders
ON THE RIGHT TRACK By Bill Kent Ask 86-year-old Jimmy Baird of Bealeton when he first fell in love with trains, and you may not […]
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Just three hours away, a magnificent garden leaves visitors in awe
LAND OF ENCHANTMENT By Jill Devine Allison Simpson claims she doesn’t have much of a green thumb, but that doesn’t stop her from loving plants. […]
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An old farm near Ashburn becomes the area’s latest winery and vineyard
WINE IN HUNT COUNTRY By Kaitlin Hill Nine minutes. That’s the approximate drive time from Brambleton to the new Old Farm Winery at Hartland, just […]
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Venture into the heart of a Virginia mountain via a historic train passage
TUNNEL THROUGH TIME By Glenda C. Booth Photos by Jack Looney “Until you go there, you just don’t get the tunnel.” That’s what Paul Wagner […]
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Luray Caverns amazes visitors more than a century after its discovery
UNDERGROUND WONDER By Glenda C. Booth It all started with disappearing cattle and disappearing water. Something was going on in the hills around Luray back […]
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History buffs can follow the path that John Wilkes Booth fled
Trailing an Assassin By Glenda C. Booth John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater in Washington on April 14, 1865, at 10:15 […]
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Travel back in time with a trip to a retro video game arcade
BEEP, BEEP, BOOP By Rick Horner What if you could hop in your car, drive about an hour from Ashburn and — in the process […]
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Nation’s audio-visual heritage preserved in Culpeper
‘AMERICA’S TREASURE CHEST’ By Glenda C. Booth On Jan. 7, 1894, the Library of Congress received its first request for a motion picture copyright for […]
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Purcellville’s Bush Tabernacle is a roller rink with a century of history
SKATING THROUGH TIME By Jim Lenahan More than a century ago, this building could hold some 3,000 people, packed together in stadium-style seating, an exceptionally […]