Visit NorVApics.com to see what's missing from Northern Virginia's recent history. Spend a few weeks in Northern Virginia for some great US history. Some of the highlights:
Carlyle House (built in 1752)
Christ Church (George Washington's place of worship)
Cranford Memorial Methodist Church (early 1900s)
The District of Columbia Reformatory (built around 1909)
Fort Belvoir (1,500 acres purchased by U.S. Army in 1910)
Gadsby's Tavern (used as Washington's headquarters during the war)
Gunston Hall (built between 1755 and 1760)
The Kenmore House (home of Washington's only sister - Betty Fielding Lewis)
Lorton Valley Post Office (opened in 1875)
Curtis Lee Mansion
Manassas National Battlefield Park
The Marshall House (site of the first Civil War bloodshed)
Mason Neck State Park (haven for previously endangered eagles)
Masonic Lodge (George Washington's Lodge)
Mount Vernon (home of George Washington)
Occoquan River
Pohick Bay Regional Park
Pope Leighey House (built by Frank Lloyd Wright on the Woodlawn grounds)
Pohick Church (built in 1769)
Quantico
Shiloh Baptist Church (established around 1869)
The Falls Church
Woodlawn Plantation (built around 1800 - home of Martha Washington's granddaughter)
Washington D.C. (Washington Monument, Capitol Building, Smithsonian, Pentagon, Lincoln Memorial, The White House, Iwo Jima, Bureau of Engraving and Priting, Arlington National Cemetery, Ford's Theatre, and more)
