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Fort Belvoir
Fairfax VA
~8.39 miles from Indian Head city center
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Fort Belvoir is a United States Army installation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Originally, it was the site of the Belvoir plantation. Today, Fort Belvoir is home to a number of important United States military organizations. The population of Fort Belvoir was 7,176 at the 2000 census.
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Potomac Mills
Woodbridge VA
~8.76 miles from Indian Head city center
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Potomac Mills is a shopping mall in Woodbridge, VA in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. It is located near Interstate 95 between Smoketown Road, Telegraph Road and the Prince William Parkway.The mall was the first in the Mills Corporation's chain of shopping malls, and has over 225 retailers and an 18-screen AMC movie theater. According to the Virginia Tourism Corp., Potomac Mills is the 10th most popular tourism site in the state.[citation needed] The mall went through a renovation that was completed on September 20, 2005, which was also the mall's 20th anniversary. Potomac Mills is the largest single-floor mall in Virginia and the second largest mall in the D.C. area, behind Tysons Corner Center.
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George Washington's Mount Vernon
Alexandria VA
~9.08 miles from Indian Head city center
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ount Vernon is owned and maintained in trust for the people of the United States by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, a private, non-profit organization founded in 1853 by Ann Pamela Cunningham. The Association is the oldest national historic preservation organization in the country, and it has always been in the forefront of the restoration field. It is directed by a Board of Regents, comprised solely of women, who represent over 30 states. A Board of Advisors of prominent citizens from across the country meets twice a year to provide additional input on Mount Vernon's governance. The estate, gift shops and dining facilities are operated by about 450 paid employees and over 400 volunteers.Mount Vernon is the most popular historic estate in America and is open 365 days a year. Mou...
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Pope Leighey House (Loren Pope Residence)
Alexandria VA
~9.08 miles from Indian Head city center
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The Pope-Leighey House, formerly known as the Loren Pope Residence, is a suburban house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The home was originally built in Fairfax County, Virginia in 1940 for the Loren Pope family for $7,000. In 1946, the Pope family sold the home to Robert and Marjorie Leighey because they were going to become hog farmers. In 1963, Leighey received notice that the home was to be torn down to make room for Interstate 66. She donated the home to the National Trust for Historic Preservation and they moved it to 9000 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, Virginia, on the site of the Woodlawn Plantation. Leighey resided in the home from 1969 until her death in 1983. It is a tourist attraction that allows visitors to explore the exterior and interior.The Usonian hous...
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National Museum of the Marine Corps
18900 Jefferson Davis Highway Triangle VA
~11.02 miles from Indian Head city center
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The National Museum of the Marine Corps is a lasting tribute to U.S. Marines — past, present, and future. They have world-class interactive exhibits using the most innovative technology and irreplaceable artifacts.The National Museum of the Marine Corps is the new historical museum of the United States Marine Corps. It is located in Quantico, Virginia and is free to the public. The museum had its grand opening on November 10, 2006 and is now the number one tourist attraction in Virginia, drawing over 500,000 people annually. On the day it was opened, President George W. Bush came to give a dedication and to also present the family of fallen Marine Jason Dunham the Medal of Honor.President Bush: "These walls remind all who visit here that honor, courage, and commitment are not just wo...
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Collingwood Library and Museum
8301 E Boulevard Dr Alexandria VA - 703-765-1652
~11.31 miles from Indian Head city center
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Collingwood Library and Museum consists of a historic mansion that houses thousands of books and artifacts relating to the history of America.As part of George Washington’s River Farm, our rich history had many of our founding fathers walking this land in our nation’s infancy.Nestled on approximately 8.7 acres on the Potomac River off the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Alexandria, VA, Collingwood is available for conferences, retreats, business meetings and weddings.
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Beanie Zoo
8416 Old Keene Mill Rd Springfield VA - 703-455-6018
~13.94 miles from Indian Head city center
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Services:CollectiblesSports Cards & MemorabiliaGift ShopsDollsDolls CollectorsCandle & Candle Supplies
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Cameron Run Regional Park
Alexandria VA
~15.13 miles from Indian Head city center
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Cameron Run Regional Park offers a variety of recreation facilities in an urban area, including Great Waves Water Park. Catch a wave in the wave pool, twist and turn down four-story water slides, take a plunge down speed slides, play with friends in the shallow waters of the play pool. The park also features a deluxe miniature golf course, a nine-station batting cage, picnic shelters, and a special events pavilion.
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Ben Brenman Park
4800 Brenman Park Dr Alexandria VA
~15.48 miles from Indian Head city center
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Landmark Mall
5801 Duke Street Alexandria VA
~15.69 miles from Indian Head city center
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The Landmark Mall, or Landmark Regional Shopping Center, is located in a triangle formed by Duke Street (Virginia State Route 236), Shirley Highway (I-395), and Van Dorn Street (Virginia State Route 401) in Alexandria, Virginia.The mall opened in 1965, and was the first mall in the Washington D.C. area to feature three anchor department stores; the Hecht Company (163,000 sq ft), Sears and Roebuck (236,000 sq ft), and Woodward & Lothrop (151,000 sq ft). The mall opening occurred on August 4, 1965, when then Lt. Gov. Mills E. Godwin, Jr. cut the ceremonial ribbon. The mall opened with 32 stores in the 675,000-square-foot (62,700 m2) center including Bond Clothes, Casual Corner, People's Drug Store, Raleigh Haberdasher, Thom McAn, and Waldenbooks. The center also included the second locatio...
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George Washington Masonic National Memorial (Masonic Temple)
Alexandria VA
~15.76 miles from Indian Head city center
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George Washington Masonic National Memorial is a Masonic building and memorial located in Alexandria, Virginia. It is dedicated to the memory of George Washington, the first president of the United States, and a Mason.The tower is fashioned after the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt, in part because of the common names of both cities (Alexandria, Virginia was named for John and Philip Alexander, the city's founders), and the Masonic interest in great buildings of the ancient world. It sits atop Shuter's Hill (named after a Union fort on the same location), near King Street and the Old Town district.It is the only Masonic building supported and maintained by the 52 grand lodges of the United States. This is counter to common Masonic practice, where a building is only supported by the G...
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Ski Travel Unlimited
5240 Port Royal Rd # 210 Springfield VA - 703-425-6630
~15.78 miles from Indian Head city center
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Old Presbyterian Meeting House
Washington VA
~15.79 miles from Indian Head city center
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The Old Presbyterian Meeting House is a Presbyterian house of worship in the city of Alexandria, Virginia. The congregation of the church was organized in 1772; the current building was completed in the 1780s. The cupola, with bell, was added in 1790. The meetinghouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 2001.One of the Meetinghouse's chaplains, Joseph J. Bullock, also served as the Chaplain of the United States Senate for part of his tenure. In addition, the church has connections with a number of important figures in Alexandria history. Among these were merchant John Carlyle and physician James Craik, who attended George Washington in his final illness. Both men are buried in the churchyard next to the meetinghouse. Also buried there is an unknown soldi...
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Lyceum
Washington VA
~15.83 miles from Indian Head city center
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The Lyceum is a historic structure in Alexandria, Virginia. It was built in 1839, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since May 27, 1969. It was built primarily as a lecture hall, and served as a hospital during the American Civil War; post-war, it became a house, and later served as an office building. Today it is the official city history museum of Alexandria.
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Athenaeum
Washington VA
~15.89 miles from Indian Head city center
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Market Square
Alexandria VA
~15.96 miles from Indian Head city center
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Oldest continuously operated marketplace in the United States. Now location of farmers' market on Saturdays.
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Alexandria City Hall
Alexandria VA
~15.96 miles from Indian Head city center
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Alexandria's Christ Church
Alexandria VA
~15.97 miles from Indian Head city center
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Gadsby's Tavern Museum
134 N Royal St Alexandria VA - 703-838-4242
~15.98 miles from Indian Head city center
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Gadsby's Tavern is a building in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, and is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Currently, the facility is home to Gadsby's Tavern Restaurant, American Legion Post 24, and Gadsby's Tavern Museum, a cultural history museum. The original tavern was a central part of the social, economic, political, and educational life of the city of Alexandria, and the United States. Today 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.
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Torpedo Factory Art Center
Alexandria VA
~16.00 miles from Indian Head city center
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The Torpedo Factory Art Center is an art center located on the waterfront of the Potomac River at 105 North Union Street in the Old Town of Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Historically it was literally a former torpedo factory and munitions storage site.It houses more 82 artists' studios, 6 galleries and two workshops, with some 165 professional visual artists who produce a diversity of artwork, ranging from painting, ceramics, photography, jewelry, stained glass, fiber, printmaking, and sculpture. The six galleries located at the Torpedo Factory include the Target Gallery, The Art League Gallery, Enamelists Gallery, the Multiple Exposures Gallery which specializes in photography, the Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery and the Scope Gallery which specializes in ceramics.The centre attract...
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John Carlyle House
Alexandria VA
~16.02 miles from Indian Head city center
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Carlyle House is a historic mansion in Alexandria, Virginia, United States, built by Scottish merchant John Carlyle in 1751-53. It is situated in the city’s Old Town on North Fairfax Street between Cameron and King Streets.When the lots for the new town of Alexandria were auctioned in July 1749, Carlyle purchased lots 41 and 42, situated between the Potomac River and the town's market square, ideal for his merchant business. He began construction of a house in 1751, using indentured and slave labor. The home was built in mid-Georgian Palladian style with space for entertaining and private family and servant use. He also built a number of outbuildings for both household and business needs. Carlyle and his wife, Sarah née Fairfax, moved into the house on 1 August 1753, the day Sarah gave...
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Green Spring Gardens Park
Alexandria VA
~16.24 miles from Indian Head city center
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Green Spring Gardens Park (26 acres) is a public park located at 4603 Green Spring Road, Alexandria, Virginia. It is operated by the Fairfax County Park Authority, and open daily without charge.The park contains a manor house (1760) with gardens designed by noted American landscape artist Beatrix Farrand. The house and grounds were donated to Fairfax County in 1970 by publisher Michael Whitney Straight.Estate gardens feature boxwood hedging, roses, and perennial borders. The park also contains a tropical greenhouse, a wooded stream valley with ponds and gazebo, a naturalistic native plant garden, and over 20 demonstration gardens. It is a provisional member of the North American Plant Collections Consortium for its Hamamelis collection (13 taxa, including all 4 species).
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Lee Fendall House
Washington VA
~16.24 miles from Indian Head city center
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In November 1784, Maj. Gen. Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee (1756-1818) purchased 3 one-half acre lots in Alexandria from Baldwin Dade (1716-1783), a merchant. On December 4, 1784, he sold one of these tracts to Philip Richard Fendall I, Esq. (1734-1805), for three hundred pounds, and Philip began building the Lee-Fendall House, for his second wife, Elizabeth (Steptoe) Lee (1743-1789), spring or early summer of 1785. The lot was located on the southeast corner of Washington and Oronoko Street, then the edge of the city. At the time, very few structures were near, and the Fendall's enjoyed a spectacular view of Oronoko Bay and the ships which docked there. To the north and west lay verdant fields of grass and clover. Alexandria was an up and coming thriving social and political center in Nort...
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Black History Resource Center
638 N Alfred St Alexandria VA - 703-838-4356
~16.31 miles from Indian Head city center
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Fort Ward Museum
4301 W Braddock Rd Alexandria VA - 703-838-4848
~16.77 miles from Indian Head city center
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Fort Ward is a former Union Army installation now located in the city of Alexandria in the U.S. state of Virginia. It was the fifth largest fort built to defend Washington, D.C. in the American Civil War. It is currently well-preserved with 90-95% of its earthen walls intact.
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Fort Ward
Alexandria VA
~16.80 miles from Indian Head city center
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Fort Ward is a former Union Army installation now located in the city of Alexandria in the U.S. state of Virginia. It was the fifth largest fort built to defend Washington, D.C. in the American Civil War. It is currently well-preserved with 90-95% of its earthen walls intact.
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Alexandria Presbyterian Church
Alexandria VA
~17.15 miles from Indian Head city center
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Patriot Center
Fairfax VA
~18.52 miles from Indian Head city center
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The Patriot Center is a 10,000 seat arena in Fairfax, Virginia. It is located on the campus of George Mason University (which has 30,000+ students), and has attracted 7.7 million people to over 2400 events. Pollstar has ranked The Patriot Center as number 51 in ticket sales (2005). The Patriot Center opened on October 4, 1985, where the New York Knicks played the Washington Bullets (now Washington Wizards ) in a pre-season game. The arena is home to the George Mason University basketball teams, as well as concerts and shows with the 17,000 square feet (1,600 m2) of space.The Patriot Center is the first university venue to be managed by a private company, Washington Sports and Entertainment, who also manages the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. In 1986, the Patriot Center hosted the firs...
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Arlington Historical Museum
Arlington VA
~19.13 miles from Indian Head city center
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 #30 of 30 Things To Do in Indian Head
George Mason University
4400 University Dr Fairfax VA - 703-993-1000
~19.15 miles from Indian Head city center
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George Mason University (often referred to as GMU or Mason) is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County.Named after American revolutionary, patriot, and founding father George Mason, the university was founded as a branch of the University of Virginia in 1957 and became an independent institution in 1972. Recognized for its strong programs in law, economics, and creative writing, the university enrolls over 32,500 students, making it the largest university (by head count) in the Commonwealth of Virginia
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