Copyright (c) 2008 SynaVista All rights reserved. http://www.synavista.com/programs/places/RSS/feed.xml News about "Places Discovered" The Point of Rocks Passenger Station remains one of the B&O's signature landmarks and is a popular subject of railroad photography. Watch online at www.placesdiscovered.com http://www.placesdiscovered.com/por_passengerstation/ Fort Loudoun is the site of George Washington's regimental headquarters during the French and Indian War. Watch online at www.placesdiscovered.com http://www.placesdiscovered.com/dodona_manor/ The Burwell-Morgan Mill, established in 1785, is the oldest operable merchant mill in the Shenandoah Valley. Watch online at www.placesdiscovered.com http://www.placesdiscovered.com/si_naturalist_center/ Dodona Manor is the home of General George C. Marshall, one of the most significant and influential individuals of the 20th century. Watch online at www.placesdiscovered.com http://www.placesdiscovered.com/dodona_manor/ The Naturalist Center in Loudoun County, Virginia, invites visitors to use its 36,000 object hands-on collection of natural history objects, books, and scientific equipment. Watch online at www.placesdiscovered.com http://www.placesdiscovered.com/si_naturalist_center/ Sky Meadows State Park makes for an incredible blend of pasture and woodlands due to generations of farming. The Mount Bleak house offers a chance to experience how a farm family lived in the mid-1860s, and the park offers camping, miles of hiking trails, and access to the Appalachian Trail. Watch online at www.placesdiscovered.com http://www.placesdiscovered.com/sky_meadows/ Places Discovered highlights "a country gathering place" where family fun and beautiful scenery culminate into a great country experience. Visit a working dairy farm, learn about farm animals, and even spend the night in a rustic 2-bedroom log cabin. Watch online at www.placesdiscovered.com http://www.placesdiscovered.com/hedgebrook_farm/ Hike over hills and through the woods to panoramic views of the Potomac and the distant blue foothills across the river on this 67 acre property. Explore historical buildings that date back to the 1800s, such as an icehouse, a carriage house, and a granary. Watch online at www.placesdiscovered.com http://www.placesdiscovered.com/red_rock/ Places Discovered takes you on a virtual tour of "Dinosaur Land" in Whitepost, VA. Take the kids and enjoy an afternoon in Frederick County's own prehistoric park. For more great places to visit go to www.placesdiscovered.com http://www.placesdiscovered.com/dinosaur_land/ The center of the decisive "Battle of Cedar Creek" during the Civil war, Belle Grove is an 18th-century grain and livestock farm. Visit the main house and gardens, original outbuildings, a classic barn, an overseer's house and slave cemetery, and a heritage apple orchard. Watch online at www.placesdiscovered.com http://www.placesdiscovered.com/belle_grove/ Featuring the oldest and most comprehensive collection of railroad history in the western hemisphere, on display are locomotives and rolling stock, historic buildings, and objects that document the impact of the B&O on the growth and development of early railroading. Watch online at www.placesdiscovered.com http://www.placesdiscovered.com/borailroad_museum/ "Places Discovered" paid a visit to Baltimore's own Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum. The the historic house where George Herman "Babe" Ruth grew up documents the life and times of Ruth as a baseball player, a husband and a father. Watch online at www.placesdiscovered.com http://www.placesdiscovered.com/baberuth_birthplace_museum/