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Unusual Attractions in Lorton

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Workhouse Prison Museum

A small museum in a former prison tells the story of a dark but pivotal chapter in the women's suffrage movement.

Lorton, Virginia

Laurel Hill House

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

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Stoney Lonesome Cemetery

A small, forgotten prison cemetery marked only by a wrought-iron fence and eerie depressions left in the ground.

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George Mason's Gunston Hall

The former home of the man whose radical ideas changed the nation.

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Pohick Church

This church is known as "The Home Church of George Washington and George Mason."

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Beehive Brick Kiln

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

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Nike Missile Site W-64

This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads.

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Barrett House

A weathered, American Foursquare-style house originally built for lumber merchant William Wimsatt.

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