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Virginia
Find Virginia real estate listings, houses for sale, new homes, foreclosures and
more. View the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in many areas. Click a link below
to view homes for sale in VirginiaToday, the service sector provides one-third of all jobs in Virginia, generating
as much income as the manufacturing and retail industries combined in 1999 and
accounting for 23% of gross state product. (The largest component of the service
sector is business services, which includes computer and data processing
services.)
Points of interest include Mt. Vernon, home of George Washington; Monticello,
home of Thomas Jefferson; Stratford, home of the Lees; Richmond, capital of the
Confederacy and of Virginia; and Williamsburg, the restored Colonial capital.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel spans the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, connecting
Cape Charles with Norfolk. Consisting of a series of low trestles, two bridges
and two mile-long tunnels, the complex is 18 miles (29 km) long. It was opened
in 1964.
Other attractions are the Shenandoah National Park, Colonial National Historical
Park, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, the Booker T.
Washington birthplace near Roanoke, Arlington House (the Robert E. Lee
Memorial), Luray Caverns, the Skyline Drive, and the Blue Ridge National Parkway
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Map of Virginia Counties
 
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