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President Heads

43 giant busts of U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

Williamsburg, Virginia

Eastern State Hospital

America's first public mental health facility.

Williamsburg, Virginia

The Archaearium

This museum for people who really dig colonial American history holds an unsavory secret.

Williamsburg, Virginia

Lord Botetourt

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

Williamsburg, Virginia

Presidential Pets Museum

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

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The Rosewell Plantation Ruins

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

8 miles from Williamsburg

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The Mariner's Museum and Park

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

19 miles from Williamsburg

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The Governor’s Palace dining room in Colonial Williamsburg filled with fake jellies, candied ginger, chocolate almonds, pies, and marzipan fruits and animals.

How Museums Make Their Fake Foods Using Real Recipes

At Colonial Williamsburg, creating historic food scenes is a team sport.

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August 12, 2019