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

Updated June 13, 2018

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Warp Drive

Sterling, Virginia

Warp Drive

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Sterling, Virginia

Dulles Airport Mobile Lounges

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

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Acetylene Gas Generating Station

Herndon, Virginia

Acetylene Gas Generating Station

The birthplace of the Herndon Gas Company.

3 miles from Sterling

Herndon Depot Museum

Herndon, Virginia

Herndon Depot Museum

This former train station was once an important shipping depot for the regions farmers.

3 miles from Sterling

Herndon Fortnightly Club

Herndon, Virginia

Herndon Fortnightly Club

In 1889, a small group of women began meeting to discuss literature, art, and other topics. Their every-other-week salon grew into a lending library that still exists today.

3 miles from Sterling

A panoramic view of Dranesville Tavern

Herndon, Virginia

Dranesville Tavern

A tavern that is no longer in Dranesville.

3 miles from Sterling

The Grave of Laura Ratcliffe.

Herndon, Virginia

Laura Ratcliffe Hanna Family Cemetery

Across from a hotel parking lot, a Confederate spy rests under a large tombstone with her Union Veteran husband behind a copse of trees in a small, well-maintained cemetery.

3 miles from Sterling

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