Sometimes the best vacation is hiding just a few miles from your front door, and Alexandria, Virginia proves that you don’t need a passport to feel like you’ve stepped into another era entirely.
This waterfront gem along the Potomac River delivers more charm per cobblestone than should be legally allowed.
You know that feeling when you’re watching a Hallmark Christmas movie and thinking, “There’s no way a town actually looks like that”?
Well, prepare to eat those words, because Alexandria exists in glorious, brick-lined reality…