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4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Williamsburg, Virginia

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President Heads

Williamsburg, Virginia

President Heads

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

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Williamsburg, Virginia

Eastern State Hospital

America's first public mental health facility.

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Wren Hall and Lord Botetourt.

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.”

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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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Ruins of Rosewell Plantation

Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia

The Ruins of Rosewell Plantation

This once-palatial plantation might have been the site of the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.

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8 MILEs FROM Williamsburg

International Small Craft Center at The Mariners' Museum and Park

Newport News, Virginia

The Mariner's Museum and Park

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

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19 MILEs FROM Williamsburg

The "pet ham" is 115 years old.

Smithfield, Virginia

World’s Oldest Edible Ham

The 115-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

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20 MILEs FROM Williamsburg

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