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Virginia Museum of Fine Art: A collection of art from every major world culture

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is home to an expansive collection of 22,000 works of art from almost every major world culture dating back more than 5,000 years ago.

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Virginia Museum of Fine Art: A collection of art from every major world culture
  • National Postal Museum: History of U.S. mail since the stagecoach
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: An emotional tribute to a difficult American conflict
  • United States Supreme Court: Home to the ultimate judicial arbiters
  • Torpedo Factory: Fine art in a funky place

National Postal Museum: Histor

Located inside Washington, D.C.’s 96-year-old city post office building, the 75,000 square-foot Nati...

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: An

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial strikes a chord with many visitors, who realize that many of the names...

United States Supreme Court: H

The United States Supreme Court never fails to awe visitors, whether they come from across the world...

Torpedo Factory: Fine art in a

This one-time WWII torpedo factory now features studio and exhibition space for more than 160 local ...

  • Raku: Pan-Asian comfort
  • Michaels Noodles: Authentic Taiwanese food, kept authentic
  • Iggie's Pizza: Dog's best friend
  • America: Our country's national restaurant

Raku: Pan-Asian comfort

No one does comfort food, Asian-style, quite like they do at Raku. Though the Pan-Asian restaurant c...

Michael’s Noodles: Authentic T

Tucked away from the I-270 and off the grid of Big Box Central (i.e., Rockville Pike), Michael’s Noo...

Iggie's Pizza: Dog's best frie

Iggie's is everybody's restaurant. It's great for parties, for dates, for families, and even for pet...

America: Our country's nationa

If there's to be a restaurant named America, featuring all the American favorites in one single rest...

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Hills Tribe silver dragonfly, 16mm Antique crystal bicone glass bead. Hand connected with 20g sterling silver wire. Leather cord with sterling silver clasp. This is a special order item, due to the rareness of the crystals. They were salvaged from a vintage necklace.

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Cherry Blossom Festival Ushers in Spring

Cherry Blossom Festival Ushers in Spring

Now is the time to see Washington, D.C. in its springtime finery as the cherry blossoms bloom..

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Richmond Movies

The Other Guys

Two deskbound detectives (Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg) get more than they bargain for when they take on a seemingly minor case that may turn out to be New York's biggest crime.

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Richmond Facts and Places:

Newspapers are Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond
Richmond Sports teams are Lions, Braves, Spiders
Local Schools are Virginia Commonwealth University, J Sargeant Reynolds Community College

About Richmond, Virginia

The present day site of Richmond was founded in 1737. Richmond is located at the head of the James River about 100 miles south of Washington. D.C. and between Atlanta and Boston. Its central location makes it easily accessible for day trips, visiting mountains, beaches and historic sites. During the Civil War, Richmond served as the Capital for the southern states. Many of the civil war land marks remain today. In 1775, Patrick Henry made his famous “Give me liberty or give me death” speech here.

Richmond is home to Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond. Some sites to visit are the Children’s Museum of Richmond, the Science Museum of Virginia, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Virginia Historical Society and the Valentine Richmond History Center.

Richmond has their share of minor league professional sports teams. The Atlanta Brave’s farm team, the Richmond Braves, is their AAA baseball team. The Richmond Lions is a division 2 rugby team and the Richmond Kickers are a division 2 soccer tem.

Popular annual events include the River City Beer and Seafood Festival, the State Fair of Virginia, Maymont Flower and Garden Show, Maymont Barn Days, Brunswick Stew Festival, Watermelon Festival, Chili Cook Off, High on the Hog, 2nd Street Festival, and the River Street Party.

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