Built by Charles Fenton Mercer in 1807 - 09, the Aldie Mill is located in the village of Aldie at the beginning of the historic Little River Turnpike. Aldie Mill is owned by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation and survives today as Virginia's only known mill powered by twin overshot water wheels.

City of Fairfax in Fairfax, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Colvin Run Mill in Great Falls, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Fairfax Co. Park Authority in Fairfax, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

The Park Authority operates several parks that feature historical, science and nature programs.

Fairfax County Public Library in Fairfax, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

The Museum and Visitor Center and City of Fairfax provide a strategic base for visiting Washington, D.C., Manassas, the Tysons Corner area, and Northern Virginia including the Shenandoah Valley and Skyline Drive.The Visitor Center offers information about lodging, restaurants, transportation, historic and natural attractions, and special events for tourists and residents.

Frying Pan Park preserves a piece of Fairfax County's rural heritage with it's working demonstration farm. Kidwell Farm recreates the era of 1920-1950, when family dairy farms blanketed the landscape. This was a period of great transition in agricultural technology. Kidwell Farm provides a glimpse of the patterns of family farming.

A non-profit arts organization providing lectures, workshops, children's programming and exhibitions at the Reston Town Center Gallery.

The Heritage Farm Musem preserves the history of agriculture and promotes the agricultural heritage of Loudoun County.

The depot, c. 1857, is home to Herndon Historical Society.The Herndon Museum houses railroad memorabilia, information on Commander William Lewis Herndon, for whom the town was named; and artifacts from local residents. Operated by the Historical Society of Herndon, the building dates back to the 1850s and served as a train station until 1968

Historic Fairfax City, Inc. in Fairfax, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Local history exhibits and collections are housed in two 19th century buildings with an adjacent 1767 log cabin. Collections include objects from prehistoric through current times.

National Rifle Association of America in Fairfax, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Oatlands is a self-supporting, co-stewardship property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Situated on 260 acres, the plantation features an Antebellum mansion, numerous 19th century brick dependencies, a 4-acre formal terraced garden, and the 2nd oldest greenhouse in the Nation.

Parks Recreation Community Services in Leesburg, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Ratcliffe-Allison House in Fairfax, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Spend a day in a one-room schoolhouse reliving education of over 100 years ago. Appropriately costumed teacher conducts class using McGuffy’s Readers and slate boards. Students may be assigned roles of students of that period. Gift shop sells books, slate boards, toys, and candy from days of yore. Shop is open at the end of each session.

Smithsonian Naturalist Center in Leesburg, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport is the companion facility to the Museum on the National Mall. The building opened in December, 2003, and provides enough space for the Smithsonian to display the thousands of aviation and space artifacts that cannot be exhibited on the National Mall.

The visitor center is conveniently located at the site’s entrance, just off the main parking lot. Come in to get information about the site and upcoming events, purchase tickets for the historic house or forgotten road tours, or pick up a self-guided walking tour of the grounds.