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Sterling, Virginia

Warp Drive

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

Sterling, Virginia

Dulles Airport Mobile Lounges

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

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Herndon, Virginia

Murphy Dairy Farm

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

4 miles from Sterling

Herndon, Virginia

Kidwell Farm

Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.

5 miles from Sterling

Herndon, Virginia

Nike Missile Launch Site W-83

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

5 miles from Sterling

Poolesville, Maryland

Planetary Radio Emissions Discovery Site

Using a massive antenna made up of five miles of wire, two scientists tuned into organic radio waves from the planet Jupiter.

6 miles from Sterling

Great Falls, Virginia

Great Falls Nike Fire Control Site W-83

This former Cold War missile control site played an important role in the creation of GPS.

6 miles from Sterling

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