Spring Weekend Guide 2010
March 1, 2010
Washington has no shortage of art. The august institutions of the Smithsonian offer visitors the chance to view both priceless classical paintings and innovative modern work, while private museums, including the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Phillips Collection, offer equally impressive repositories of stunning creativity.
March 1, 2010
Washington is full of history, but what about the neighboring areas? It’s easy to forget that the capital is surrounded by a number of Civil War battlegrounds that played important roles in our nation’s history. Now that spring is nearly upon us, this is the ideal time to hop in your car and pay a visit to these hallowed grounds.
March 1, 2010
St. Michaels, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, is the kind of town that could almost be called too cute if it wasn’t actually an authentic shipbuilding and fishing village with a storied past. Today the village has fewer than 2,000 permanent residents, but on sunny weekend days, its sidewalks are filled with tourists wandering in and out of the shops that line Talbot Street, the main drag. Beyond shopping, though, visitors can learn much about the history of the Chesapeake Bay, boating and wildlife of the area by exploring the town.
March 1, 2010
If you feel the urge to hit Virginia’s roads this spring, don’t drive too far. Fauquier County, which has actually become a bedroom community of Washington, D.C., but far enough to have real farms and horse ranches, has a town that’s worth your while: Warrenton.
