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All the United States Virginia Bluemont

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Bluemont

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Bluemont, Virginia

Updated August 29, 2022

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Aerial view of the Soviet summer camp.

Bluemont, Virginia

Soviet Embassy's 'Summer Camp' House

Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.
Interior picture taken from window.

Bluemont, Virginia

Snickersville Academy

A glimpse into early 19th-century education.
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Oakdale School

Purcellville, Virginia

The Oakdale School

The oldest existing one-room brick schoolhouse in Loudoun County.
7 miles from Bluemont
Interior of the Josephine School Community Museum.

Berryville, Virginia

Josephine School Community Museum

A renovated schoolhouse that highlights the history of Clarke County's Black community.
8 miles from Bluemont
Burwell-Morgan Mill

Millwood, Virginia

Burwell-Morgan Mill

Little has changed in the way that this mill operates since the 18th-century.
11 miles from Bluemont
Gibson-Todd House

Charles Town, West Virginia

Gibson-Todd House

This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.
12 miles from Bluemont
The Ginkgo’s trunk is wider than a child.

Leesburg, Virginia

Oatlands Ginkgo Tree

This giant 200-year-old ginkgo is one of the largest in the United States.
12 miles from Bluemont
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