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|George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens
Gunston Hall, the Colonial estate of George Mason, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
Old Town Alexandria The main street of Alexandria's Old Town is King Street. Old Town's cobblestoned steets have nearly 4,000 buildings dating from the 1800s and 1700s, some dating back to the 1600s. It is filled with shops and good restaurants. Some tourists use Old Town (or other parts of Alexandria) as a "home base" for D.C. trips, and it's a popular weekend destination. Tour boats, that go north to D.C. and south to Mount Vernon, leave from Old Town. Many hotels in the area run free shuttle buses to the King Street Metro.
Gadsby's Tavern Museum in Alexandria's Old Town. The first five presidents ? Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe ? were customers. A U.S. National Historic Landmark, now operated as Gadsby's Tavern Museum, a cultural history museum. The Tavern houses exhibits of early American life in Virginia, and a restaurant in the original dining room, serving a mixture of period and modern foods.
Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Mason Neck State Park
George Washington Memorial Parkway (in part)
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
National Firearms Museum at the National Rifle Association Headquarters, in the City of Fairfax
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center - National Air and Space Museum, 14390 Air & Space Museum Pkwy., Chantilly, ph: (202) 357-2200. Located near Dulles International Airport, this museum houses many air/spacecraft, including the SR-71 "Blackbird" spy plane, the Concorde supersonic jet and the space shuttle "Enterprise". Parking is available for $12/vehicle. Additionally, a shuttle is available from the Air and Space Museum downtown. Prices range from $5 to $7 depending on number of tickets bought.
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