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Top Amusement Parks – Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Amusement park season is finally upon us again, so I thought we’d do our own little kickoff with an annual favorite: Busch Gardens Williamsburg. With loads of yearly awards and commendations to weigh down their metaphorical mantle, including “Most Beautiful Park”, “Best Landscaping”, “Best Food”, awards for management and operations, and rankings on lists for best [...]

Girls’ Getaways in Hampton, Virginia

We get a lot of requests in the ol’ USA Travel Guide inbox for specialty travel: stadium tours, wine tours, road trips, drive markets, trains, skiing, family, older, younger, you name it. A big one we get from time to time is the Girl’s Getaway, which my mother always called “Ladies Weekend”. We’re all for it, [...]

Museums that Matter – Virginia Air & Space Center

We’ve already expounded on Hampton, Virginia’s delights as an outdoor paradise, but we must admit that come wintertime it can have the occasional chilly day. Where should you turn, then, if a forty-degree hike just isn’t your thing? How about the Virginia Air & Space Center? Arguably Hampton’s most famous attraction, the Virginia Air & Space [...]

Wine Tours – Williamsburg Winery

Sure, sure, when you think American wine you probably think California. Napa Valley, Sonoma, that kind of thing. Maybe New York or Washington State. What you probably don’t think is Virginia, but the master oenologists at the Williamsburg Winery in Williamsburg, Virginia are seeing to it that one day you do. The largest winery and vineyard [...]

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 [...]

Outdoor Adventure Travel – Hampton, Virginia

Just a quick, get-your-butt-off-the-couch-and-do-something kind of post today. Stop stressing out your checking account at theme parks, casinos, stage shows and predatory tourist dives when an entire world of cheap, even free outdoor entertainment is literally all around you (and it doesn’t much matter where you are). Stroll through a local park, strike up a game [...]

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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