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• Ferry Plantation House
  Ferry Plantation received its name in 1642, when the ferry boat service ran along the Lynnhaven waterway with 11 stops along the river, and the ferry was called with a single cannon shot by any one of the stops. Three of those early historical cannons have been recovered. The ferryman, Saville Gaskin was commissioned by Adam Thoroughgood in 1642 to run the operation and take care of the ferry boat and service. The ferry landing was most likely chosen since the land around the area had been cleared by Native Americans in the 16th century since numerous relics have been discovered on the plantation grounds that say something of the past. The second Princess Anne court house was constructed on the plantation grounds by the current location of the Old Donation Church, and was the courthouse that conducted part of the trial for Grace Sherwood, the state's only convicted witch that had been tried by water and found guilty of witchcraft and thereafter jailed in the timber courthouse. That trial occurred on July 10, 1706, at the church, that was rebuilt of brick in 1692. That church would be outgrown and then replaced with another that stands on the location today and finished in 1736. The third Princess Anne courthouse was constructed in 1735 of brick on Ferry Plantation to replace the timber courthouse and constructed much closer to the landing. The brick courthouse would be used until 1751, with the stocks and pillory moved from the plantation in 1751 to the new courthouse at Newtown. The Walke family owned the property when the manor house was constructed, with many archaeological sites open in the area now for visitors to investigate. The manor house was destroyed by fire in 1828, and it wasn't until 1830 that George and Elizabeth (Walke) MacIntosh would use many of the old bricks in good shape to rebuild the house that sits on the plantation today. They constructed it for their 17 year old son, Charles Flemming MacIntosh.  The Federal style house is three stories high and three bay wide at the central block and is built with bricks laid in a three-course American bond. There are one bay additions on either side of the block, with one constructed of wood and the other, brick; while the main house has two interior chimneys and the brick addition has an exterior chimney. On the land side of the old structure, there is a two story porch that was built in the colonial revival style during the 1950s, with the main house having a big center hall with flanking rooms on both sides. The mantels are original as is the 6 inch heart pine flooring and framing, as well as the trim and exterior shutters. The house was covered, at one time, with oyster shell stucco and had ten rooms with the central passage. It is an excellent example of a Federal farm house, constructed by slaves and facing the western branch of the Lynnhaven River. The ferryboat that was used has become one of the projects that is now happening at the plantation and is quite an interesting story, as well as watching volunteers restore the magnificent old boat, using modern tools and materials to repair the old boat that was built by hand and old hand tools.

• Virginia Aquarium
  The Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center was called the Virginia Marine Science Museum and is found in the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, south of Rudee Inlet. The displays at the aquarium are housed in more than 700,000 gallons of fresh and saltwater exhibits with two main buildings; the Bay and Ocean Pavilion and the Marsh Pavilion; connected to each other by a one-third mile outdoor nature trail that parallels Owls Creek salt marsh. The Bay and Ocean pavilion contains the Norfolk Canyon aquarium that was copied of the underwater environment just off the coast of the state and houses stingrays, sharks and other marine life. It also has the IMAX 3D theater as well as the Osprey cafe. The Marsh pavilion contains snakes, otters, seahorses and other marsh animals. The research and conservation branch of the aquarium is responsible for the Stranding Response Program that rescues sick or dying whales, sea turtles, seals and dolphins from its shores. Some of the animals housed here include; harbor seals, komodo dragons, loggerhead turtles, sand tiger sharks, cownose rays, great horned owl, North American river otters, spotted eagle rays and so much more. The main exhibits include; blue crab & aviary, Chesapeake Light Tower aquarium, Malaysian peat swamp, Indonesian volcanic island, Red sea, Chesapeake Bay touch pool and the coastal desert & Mediterranean sea. There are many educational activities and adventures available for school age children and those include; field trips, ocean collections, summer camps, scout badge and patch programs, culinary events, dolphin watching, discovery days, birthday parties, just for toddlers, up close animal experiences, winter whale watching and cruise the creek.

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• USS Wisconsin
  The USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an Iowa-class battleship, and the second ship to be named after the state of Wisconsin. She was constructed at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and launched December 7, 1943, sponsored by the wife of the governor of the state, Walter Goodland and is was on the second anniversary of Pearl Harbor. While in service, the Wisconsin, Wisky or WisKy, served in the Pacific theater of WWII, where she bombarded Japanese fortifications and screened US aircraft carriers as they moved through the Pacific conducting raids on enemy positions. In the Korean War, she shelled North Korea targets in support of the UN and South Korean ground forces; and then decommissioned into the USN reserve fleets that has become known as the "mothball fleet". She was reactivated in August 1986, and modernized for part of the 600 ship Navy plan, part of Ronald Reagan's plan to create the biggest military force in the history of the world; and later took part in Operation Desert Storm in January and February of 1991. She was again decommissioned in September 1991, after having earned six battle stars for service in the Second World War and the Korean War, and the Navy Unit Commendation for service in the Gulf War. Currently, she is a museum ship run by Nauticus, the National Maritime Center in Norfolk, Virginia, and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in March of 2006; and in December of 2009, donated for permanent use as a museum ship. This past April, 2010, the city of Norfolk officially took over the ownership of the mighty battleship. The Wisconsin was one of the "fast battleships" designs planned in 1938 by the Preliminary Design Branch at the Bureau of Construction and Repair, the third of four ships to be finished in the Iowa class of battleships. Her main battery was 9 16 inch/50 cal Mark 7 guns that could hurl 2700 pound armor piercing shells 20 miles, with a second battery of 20 5 inch/38 cal guns in twin turrets that could be fired at targets 10 miles away. Since air power was becoming so important, the Wisconsin was fitted with an array of Oerlikon 20 mm and Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns that would help her defend the aircraft carriers from enemy airstrikes. When she was reactivated in 1986, she had her 20mm and 40mm guns taken off and replaced with Phalanx CIWS mounts to protect against enemy missiles and aircraft, as well as armored Box Launchers and Quad cell launchers that were designed to fire Tomahawk missiles and Harpoon missiles. She is numerically the highest numbered US battleship ever constructed, before the Missouri.

•  False Cape State Park
  The False Cape State Park is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and is a mile wide barrier spit between Back Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The park is located next to the state border with North Carolina and is just north of Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge, as well as being the last undisturbed coastal environments that sit along the East Coast of the United States. Standing on the southern end is the monument with a "Va." on one side and "N Ca" on the other, but reads "A. D. 1728" on the top, but was most likely put up in 1887 when the boundary was surveyed. You can enter the park through the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge and is limited only to biking, hiking and boating. The park does offer tram and beach crawlers (called the Terra Gator) and can be used for transportation needs during the season for those wishing to come and spend the day here. It also has primitive camping and a large environmental educational program that is enjoyed by many school children and adults that visit here and wish to learn more about this magnificent park. It was named because it looks like the Cape Henry area when seen from the ocean waters and the false impression has lured ships and boats looking for the real Cape Henry that is about 20 miles north of it, to enter the treacherous and dangerous shallow waters where many have run aground. There's an old legend about the lost community of Wash Woods being built by survivors of a shipwreck during the 16th or early 17th centuries. The village used cypress wood that washed ashore for their church and other structures, and in the early 20th century, the park became a prestigious place for hunting clubs that took full advantage of the waterfowl that frequents the region, and the Wash Woods Environmental Education Center is housed in one of the converted hunt clubhouses.

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Local Restaurants in Virginia Beach

Tautog's Restaurant Appetizers & Shellfish; warm southwestern black bean dip topped with cheddar jack cheese & scallions with tortilla chips; lemon & jalapeno steamed mussels is one lb. mussels steamed in white wine, jalapeno, lemon & butter served with pita; crab nachos is chips topped with cheese, crab meat, lettuce, olives, white salsa & tomato salsa; goat cheese appetizer served warm with roasted garlic, tomatoes, black olives, roasted red peppers & toast points; steamed broccoli with hollandaise; Tautogs wings is 8 spicy jumbo wings with ranch dressing & celery; white shrimp pizza topped with garden fresh veggies; tuna sashimi is sirrachi-seared raw tuna with cucumber-seaweed salad, wasabi & pickled ginger. Entrees; tuna Martinique is fresh tuna marinated in lime with cracked black pepper, garlic, olive oil & red onions; potato chip encrusted mahi baked & finished with roasted red pepper coulis & dill sour cream; Jack's Rajun shrimp scampi; Wesley's world famous crab cakes with granny smith tartar sauce; Asian honey-BBQ tilapia is oven-roasted tilapia glazed with combo of honey, soy, pineapple, ginger & Asian spices; ginger teriyaki-glazed salmon over cucumber-seaweed salad with pickled ginger; sage & cornmeal-coated catfish over-fried, topped with white salsa & tomato salsa; blackened tuna topped with crumbled gorgonzola cheese & red onion relish; salmon salad is seared filet atop a bed of baby greens with tomatoes, bacon, basil & balsamic vinaigrette with gorgonzola cheese; Lynnhaven chicken is grilled chicken breast topped with tomatoes, white mushrooms, thyme & dry vermouth; seared beef tenderloin over nest of caramelized onions & portabella mushrooms, drizzled with cabernet wine reduction; Thai-baked chicken topped with red Thai curry sauce; au poivre NY strip black pepper seasoned Hereford NY strip topped with green peppercorn demi glace. Lynnhaven Fish House Restaurant Appetizers; chilled jumbo shrimp cocktail with cocktail sauce & lemon; fresh stuffed mushrooms is baked silver dollar mushrooms over-stuffed with fresh crabmeat dressing; fried calamari is generous platter of calamari legs and rings golden fried with cocktail or marinara sauce; jumbo green New Zealand mussels simmered in red wine & fresh herbs served with sliced harvest bread; oysters Rockefeller is fat oysters topped with creamy spinach, fresh herbs & spices, Smithfield bacon & melted parmesan cheese; steamed raw oysters or clams served with drawn butter or cocktail sauce & crackers. Seafood specialties; 1.5 lb. whole Maine lobster with drawn butter; colossal sea scallops fried or broiled in lemon butter & white wine; herb crusted ruby red snapper finished with roasted red pepper vodka cream sauce; jumbo crab cakes broiled or fried; jumbo stuffed shrimp is four jumbo shrimp stuffed with Chesapeake Bay crabmeat dressing, flame broiled in lemon butter & white wine; king size soft shell crabs fried or sautéed; oysters Rockefeller is 12 oysters topped with creamy spinach, fresh herbs & spices, Smithfield bacon & melted parmesan cheese; fried seafood platter is combo of shrimp, scallops, calamari, oysters, crab cake, fish-of-the-day; jumbo fantail shrimp is 6 big fantail shrimp hand cleaned, butterflied, breaded and fried; King Neptune's banquet is combo of fresh fish du jour, stuffed shrimp, scallops, oysters Rockefeller in lemon butter; linguine pescatore is linguine with shrimp, scallops & calamari in light tomato basil cream sauce; plump fried oysters; roasted garlic jumbo shrimp scampi served over linguini with fresh grated parmesan cheese; seafood kabob is combo of lobster, shrimp, scallops, fresh tomatoes, onions, marinated green peppers & mushrooms, flame-broiled on skewer & served over rice pilaf; twin half pound lobster tails flame broiled in lemon butter & white wine with drawn butter. Butcher Shop; center cut filet mignon wrapped in Smithfield bacon and grilled; Chesapeake Bay chicken is boneless chicken breast grilled with sautéed shrimp, steamed broccoli & hollandaise sauce; center cut NY strip herb brushed & grilled.

• Kayak Nature Tours
  Spanning across the Connecticut River between Cornish, New Hampshire and Windsor, Kayak Nature Tours offers sea kayaking and dolphin trips in the Virginia Beach, Virginia area, and Kayak First Landing is the state's most popular state park and surf launch site into the exciting Atlantic Ocean that starts the dolphin adventure sea kayaking trip. Enjoy the paddling along the tree lined Blackwater River, explore the deserted beaches of the eastern shore, head to the adventures around Back Bay, by Sandbridge in Virginia Beach. The Hampton Roads region is a marvelous place for kayaking in the isolated Lake Drummond area in the Dismal Swamp, Goodwin Island in Yorktown, James River by the peninsula, Corova & Knotts Island in North Carolina as well as the gorgeous areas along the Chesapeake Bay area. Kayak Nature Tours is a well known outfitter in the Hampton Roads area and is now in its 14th year of operation, offering a large variety of kayaking adventures through a number of waterways that will give the guest kayaker a truly educational, exciting and memorable time. No previous paddling experience is necessary and the company is a Virginia Green business, and is now the outfitter of choice for the Norfolk Botanical Gardens sunset tours and featured in numerous publications like the Southern Living, Portfolio Magazine, Virginian Pilot, Link Magazine, Richmond-Times Dispatch and many more. The dolphin tours have become one of the most popular and thrilling summer trips along the coast and not everyone cares for them since they are done on the ocean waters that are not flat waters nor easy paddling.

• Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
  The Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge is located in southeastern Virginia by Virginia Beach, Virginia and was started in 1938 in the isolated parts of Princess Anne County; managed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. This beautiful 9,062.45 acre fresh water preserve borders the Atlantic Ocean on the east and Back Bay on the west, with the northern reaches of the North Carolina's Outer Banks just south. The refuge's barrier islands contain huge sand dunes, ponds, fresh water marshes, ocean beach, maritime forests and huge impoundments perfect for the wintering water wildfowl that come here to enjoy the gentler weather and the many acres of grasses. The main part of the refuge's marshlands are on these islands that sit contained in the Back Bay and is believed by conservationists to be one of the important links along the Atlantic Flyway for migratory birds like the splendid snow geese. It joins the False Cape State Park and is also entered by the Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach, the southernmost area of development along the Atlantic coast of Virginia.  During the peak fall migration, there are often over 10,000 snow geese and other varieties of ducks that visit this park that has become a wildlife refuge for them as well. These include; peregrine falcons, piping plovers, bald eagles and loggerhead sea turtles.  

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• Virginia Air and Space Center
  The Virginia Air and Space Center is located in the birthplace of America's space program, Hampton, Virginia and contains many interactive aviation displays that span a century of flight with over 30 historic aircraft, unique space flight relics, a hands-on space gallery and so much more that you will want to spend the entire day here learning all you can about this marvelous museum. Some of the wonderful venues you can try are launching a rocket, fly an airplane, be an air traffic controller, pilot a space shuttle and program the Mars rover for a special mission. You can even climb on board a WWII bomber and see the Apollo 12 command module that went to the moon, a three billion year old moon rock, a copy of the 1903 Wright Flyer, a DC-9 passenger jet, Mars meteorite and more still. Watch a 3D IMAX movie on the huge screen in the Riverview IMAX theater and see the magnificent changing exhibits that will help you learn more than you ever thought you could about space, travel and landings. The center has over a hundred interactive exhibits that depict NASA's historic achievements and quite a few happened in Hampton. Other exhibits include; Adventures in Flight gallery that has visitors wing walking on a Jenny bi-plane, sit in the cockpit of an F/A-22 fighter jet, or the Air & Space craft exhibit that show you all the spacecraft that are displayed here. One of the most exciting displays is the Ham Radio exhibit that shows you the history and usages of the ham radio, as well as learn more about the cutting edge technology that their world class fully-automatic digital amateur radio satellite station has to offer. Their space gallery alone took more than three years to plan and has opened the first phase called Space Quest: Exploring the Moon, Mars & beyond. There are many programs for the school aged children that will also help adults learn more about this country's space program and the probable future of this exciting and outstanding adventure.

• Old Coast Guard Station Museum
  The Old Coast Guard Station Museum is dedicated to the history of lifesaving by the Atlantic Coast and the people that risked their lives to help or save others in the worst conditions imaginable. The United States Lifesaving Service was transformed into the United State Coast Guard in 1915, and the station that was constructed in 1903 at Seatack is now the museum that sits next to the boardwalk of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The region's lifesaving history by the dangerous coast line of the Graveyard of the Atlantic is commemorated here and contains relics and artifacts from the shipwreck of the Dictator, educational programs and wonderful exhibits of period lifesaving equipment. The Seatack station was put on the list of the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and contains a magnificent collection of 1800 artifacts with more than 1000 photographic images of the lifesaving and coast guard services, as well as the resort community of Virginia Beach. There is an on-site research library that houses books, oral histories and papers, with the wonderful old museum sitting beachside overlooks the Atlantic Ocean by the boardwalk at 24th Street in Virginia Beach. Besides being listed on the register, it is a Virginia Historic Landmark as well. There are two floors of exhibits in the old station, with the lower gallery explaining the story and history of the life-saving service with rescue equipment and methods and an interactive exhibit called Changes, and tells about the whys and hows ships and seamanship have evolved over the decades. The upper gallery is where the surfmen slept and has wonderful and exciting stories of the Virginia shipwrecks and the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. You can turn the towercam any way you want with just the touch of the screen and see what is happening in many locations along the beach area.

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• Tidewater Veterans Memorial
  The Tidewater Veterans Memorial came about in a special way, inviting the young people in the region to participate in the design and concept phase. These modern future patriots are what the military veterans are fighting for, the future of our nation and the youth that will eventually replace us all, as well as being able to enjoy the many blessings of freedom and the American dream that we all have had. Keeping that goal in mind, the committee held a contest for the local high school students to join in and the final design ideas were shared by three Virginia Beach students who created this magnificent and meaningful monument. They came up with three main ideas or themes; the spherical forms at the monument's focal point represent the world divided by war; the moving water at the bottom of the monument to represent the vital effort to bring all people together and the wall of flags on the north side symbolize the service given by the veterans. Again using the concept of community involvement, the area's architects, artists and sculptors were invited to compete in an overall design that would merge the three themes and with 25 outstanding entries, Joseph A. Miller, a young architect from the firm of Talbot and Associates, Ltd. won. The way the forms are separated emphasizes the effect and showcases the overall form final look. That highlight strongly shows the effects of war in regards to the separateness of war, and the cut out area draws attention to the parts of the world that are lost by wars themselves. The moving waterfall showcases the turmoil and destructiveness of any war, but also helps to influence the unifying ideas that bring people together in those instances of that turmoil; just as we did in the case of 9/11. The overall message is one of giving the future a message from the past, in hopes that we can do whatever we must to avoid, at all costs, the creation of wars. There are flags on the north side of the magnificent monument representing the United States, the commonwealth of Virginia, a unique flag to represent the Tidewater Veterans Flag and five military flags. There is a POW-MIA flag flying just below the U. S. flag, is flown to represent those individuals that gave their all to their country, in recent conflicts and our continued commitment to those that have yet to come back. That flag will be flown until every missing person missing in action, and every prisoner of war is safely back in the bosoms of their loving families and countrymen. Memorials and monuments are very hard to reflect the feelings of many melting pot people and certainly not an easy task when you want to convey so much more than you are ever able. However, those involved in this excellent monument are well pleased with the results, especially at night when the lights are shining on the glory and splendor of the beautiful symbol that does showcase all the themes that the future of our country has so aptly personified. A moving monument as heart rendering as the Vietnam Veterans Wall and another good reason to visit and hesitate just for a moment to thank all those men and women that have given their all, their very lives so that we Americans can continue to enjoy those wonderful freedoms that we have today and everyday; no matter what happens in this country or the world.

• Virginia Beach Boardwalk
  The Virginia Beach Boardwalk in Virginia Beach, Virginia never closes since it is only a 28 foot wide walkway that goes along the beach and ocean, but the Guinness Book of World Records says that it is the longest recreational beach in the world. There are specific lanes marked out for walkers, one for bikes, roller bladers and surreys, as well as grassy areas to cool your feet from the hot surfaces of sand and asphalt, park benches to sit and people watch, which is a very busy avenue of brightly colored outfits, bathing suits, and other attire that people wear here to enjoy their vacations, days off or what have you. There are two amusement parks along the way, places to rent bikes or blades and that marvelous pier where you are invited to catch as many fish as you can. There are two outstanding museums also, that tell the history of the city, the beach and the wonderful people that would build this exciting avenue along the Atlantic Ocean. Those two museums are the Old Coast Guard Station at 24th Street and the Atlantic Wildfowl and Heritage Museum, both places that are well worth your time and effort to peruse the excellent information and artifacts that are showcased there. Continuing along the boardwalk, there are a plethora of stores, shops and boutiques, all vying for your attention, the Virginia Legends Walk on 13th, the pier at 15th and the amusement park full of vintage rides and exciting contests, the Naval Aviation Monument at 25th, as well as the Norwegian Lady Statue. Wait, there is still more, the King Neptune Statue and Neptune Park at 31st, restaurants galore, hotels and other venues that will keep you more than busy with a host of special events and venues happening all summer long and one of the numerous reasons that people come here to enjoy their time off or to just unwind from the daily grind that is usual in a city.  

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