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Travel Alternatives During Summer Metro Shutdown

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Fairfax County has two Metro Stations (Franconia-Springfield and Huntington) that will be closed for renovation during the summer of 2019, from May 25 through early September 2019 . Because of this, plans have been put in place to travel via alternative means between Washington, DC, the Pentagon, and…

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Atlas Obscura Sites in Fairfax County, Virginia

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The other day I received a Google Alert in my email that caught my attention. I took a peek and saw where one of our attractions was being highlighted in the Atlas Obscura Guide to Virginia . For those of you who aren't familiar with Atlas Obscura, here's how they describe themselves on their "About"…

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