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National Air and Space Museum – Udvar Hazy Center :: Chantilly, VA

SynaVista — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:15:02 +0000

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport is the companion facility to the Museum on the National Mall. The museum provides enough space for the Smithsonian to display the thousands of aviation and space artifacts that cannot be exhibited on the National Mall. The two sites together showcase the largest collection of aviation and space artifacts in the world.

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Brunswick Railroad Museum :: Brunswick, MD

SynaVista — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:26:57 +0000

For over 30 years, the Brunswick Railroad Museum has preserved the history of Brunswick, and can be seen as two museums in one. The second floor exhibits tell the history of Brunswick and the people who have lived there. The third floor has a massive HO Scale model railroad which accurately depicts the B&O’s Metropolitan Subdivision from the Brunswick railyard to Union Station, through many of the towns and cities along the line as they looked during the 1960s!

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Maryland Covered Bridges :: Frederick County MD

SynaVista — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:42:30 +0000

The Utica Mills, Loy’s Station, and Roddy Road covered bridiges are three of only eight remaining covered bridges in Maryland. Over 52 such structures once dotted the Maryland landscape, but fires, storms, and progress have demolished the bridges. Each of the three bridges displays a different construction style.

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Great Falls :: McLean VA

SynaVista — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:16:19 +0000

Great Falls of the Potomac River consists of cascading rapids and 20 foot waterfalls. In less than a mile, the elevation of the river drops 76 feet. The width narrows from almost 1000 feet at the top of the falls to between 60 and 100 feet at Mather Gorge below the falls. The Great Falls boast the most spectacular and steepest fall line rapids of any eastern river.

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Dinosaur Land :: White Post, VA

SynaVista — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:01:57 +0000

Step into the world of the prehistoric past and turn back the pages of time to the Mesozoic era, where dinosaurs were the only creatures that roamed the earth. Attracting visitors since 1963, Dinosaur Land has over 50 life size dinosaurs from small to giant on display.

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Dodona Manor :: Leesburg, VA

SynaVista — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:01:53 +0000

Dodona Manor is the former home of General George C. Marshall, one of the most significant and influential individuals of the 20th century. Dodona Manor has been restored to document how the Secretary of State, head of the American Red Cross, author of the Marshall Plan, and receiver of the Nobel Prize lived.

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