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This town on the Great Wagon Road is key to imagining the early settlers' experience. It is one of the oldest towns west of the Blue Ridge and an early center for trade.

Helen Kluger's thrilling audio drama Goose has set the feathers flying in what is thought to be an Internet first, a play specifically to be downloaded.

Century old buildings, shops crammed with Chinese ceramics, street markets, and hundreds of restaurants, all within easy reach in the heart of Hong Kong.

The Shenandoah Valley of Virginia boasts a loop on the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail that will introduce the whole family to the joys of wildlife watching.

Cranford is a BBC Drama on Masterpiece Theatre starring Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins and Imelda Staunton. Life in 1840's English Village threatened by railway.

J.K. Rowling's wizard magically reappears at Clearview's Ziegfeld Theater

Robertson Davies' Deptford Trilogy delve into the human psyche and leave the reader with a lot to think about.

For centuries, players and spectators alike complained about the inordinate length of chess matches. When time limits were established, clocks and timers were invented.

Order of the Phoenix entertains not just because of dazzling effects, a darker tone or entertaining new characters, but because Potter character comes to life.

This historic home and property was a battleground during the Civil War, a place of inspiration after the war, and today is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Republic of Ireland's appointment of Italian manager Giovanni Trapattoni recalls an earlier era when a certain Englishman called the shots.

Critical darling Ang Lee returns to vintage America with the mellow tale of Elliot Tiber and his seemingly destined involvement in the original 1969 Woodstock Festival.

The great Sherlock Holmes is back from the dead and is once more devoting his life to solving the seemingly unsolvable crimes that plague London.

Kenneth Branagh has produced a thoroughly enjoyable romp from a Shakespeare classic.

Explore the sublime world of Israeli designer Michal Negrin, with gorgeous Neo Victorian jewelry dripping with Swarovski crystals and flowing floral silk blouses.

Long before one became a national treasure and the other a sarcy but brilliant American doctor, Fry and Laurie produced this highlight of early 90s BBC sketch comedy.

Twenty-seven volumes of Civil War records published from 1865 to 1871 became so rare that these burial records were reprinted in the 1990s.

The fifth of seven Harry Potter books made into movies might just be the best one yet.

Mary Baldwin's PEG program is one of only three in the U.S. offering radical acceleration to highly gifted girls ready to start college three or more years early.

Early entrance programs differ from other college experiences available to younger gifted teens. This program for highly gifted students accepts kids as young as eleven.

The lure of a good movie is sometimes found in the antagonist. Just the right chemistry of a particular actor and script creates attractive, loathsome characters.

Mike Leigh's best films, including Abigail's Party, and his famous method of improvising with actors such as David Thewlis and Sally Hawkins to develop scripts.

Information on the Frontier Culture Museum, the first Thanksgiving, JFK's grave, Foamhenge, Richmond Money Museum, Mt Vernon, Arlington, PETA & Norfolk naval base.

In the United States, there are about 50 all women's colleges and universities. Here's some history of these schools, as well as pros and cons of attending them.

Douthat is one of Virginia's best parks, featuring outstanding scenery, hiking and mountain bike trails, and fishing. Its on the National Register of Historic Places.

In 1862 Confederate general Stonewall Jackson ordered cartographer Jedediah Hotchkiss to "Make me a map of the Valley."

Woodrow Wilson overcame childhood learning woes and became the only U.S. president to hold a PhD. He was an economic reformer and the grandfather of the United Nations.

In the autobiographical "Random Memories," Statler Brothers Harold and Don Reid share private struggles and personal stories from their decades-long career.

Country singer-songwriters Emmylou Harris, the Statler Brothers, Tom T. Hall and the late Ernest "Pop" Stoneman make up the Country Music Hall of Fame's Class of 2008.

They began in 1955 as teens, performing as a gospel quartet in their Staunton, Va., hometown, and went on to become the most-awarded group in country history.

Anna Mary Robertson Moses didn't make a living as a painter until she was well into her seventies when arthritis forced her to give up embroidery.