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Washington, DC Attractions – Mount Vernon

With so much to see and do around our Nation’s Capital, it’s a wonder that anyone finds time to visit the sixteen-miles-out Mount Vernon. Yet all throughout the year tourists, history buffs, students, families and just about everyone else takes the short drive down George Washington Parkway to visit this awesome historic estate.
Mount Vernon is [...]

The Frozen Four – NCAA Hockey Championship in Washington, DC

So you’re not going to find tickets to the Frozen Four – that is the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship – unless you want to spend some very big money on some very scalped merchandise. If you came here for tickets, I don’t have them.
What I do have is a great place for [...]

St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Washington, D.C.

There’s nothing quite like getting caught up in the spirit of a culture, especially if that culture is Irish, and double-especially if those Irish are in Washington, D.C. Arguably the most beautiful parade city in the world, D.C. is home to countless crowd-pleasing parades, and every year one of the most popular is the St. [...]

Romantic Getaways – Valentine’s Day Packages Part 4

Just four or five more Valentine’s Day packages for you and after that you’re on your own. This isn’t my scene anyways. I’m the events and attractions guy. I don’t do packages.
Hilton Singer Island Resort
If I had an ounce of foresight I would have arranged all of these beachfront properties into a post of their [...]

Haunted History Tours – Alexandria, Virginia

We gave you the American history, why not check out the haunted history?
Similar to our previously featured Ghost Walk of Old Wilmington, the Alexandria Colonial Tours company has spiced up its assortment of traditional history tours with a groovy ghosts and graveyards adventure for the whole family. Your guide, decked out in full 18th-century colonial [...]

American History Tours – Alexandria, Virginia

Cuddling the gentle Potomac River less than seven miles from our Nation’s Capitol, Alexandria, Virginia is a city rife with American history. In fact, it’s location along the Potomac, a windy creature that snakes its way through Maryland, D.C., West Virginia and Virginia before emptying into the Chesapeake Bay, is much to blame for the city’s early [...]

Support Green Hotels – The Phoenix Park Hotel in D.C.

Couldn’t resist a button that says “Irish Green Goes Extreme” now could I?
The luxurious Phoenix Park, one of the most popular downtown Washington D.C. hotels, is the latest to join the growing number of hotels initiating environment-conscious “green” programs designed to limit waste and preserve energy. At USA Travel Guide, we feel it our duty [...]

New Year's Eve

First Night Alexandria – New Year’s Eve Idea

Everybody likes to celebrate on New Year’s Eve, but not everyone likes to binge drink and then wake up three counties over. Maybe you’re too young, maybe you have children, maybe you just prefer to abstain, but whatever the reason, for you there is the First Night. A traditional party started in Boston back in [...]

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Come See the 2009 Presidential Inauguration in Washington D.C.

Some vacation ideas are so good they only come along once every four years, and if the huddled masses that piled into Grant Park during President-elect Barack Obama’s victory speech last month are any indication, 2009’s Presidential Inauguration is going to be something truly special.
If you’re interested in attending the inauguration on January 20, 2009, [...]

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