Things To Do
Torpedo Factory Art Center
Located in a former World War II torpedo factory, this center has 82 artist studios, seven galleries, two workshops, and the Alexandria Archaeology Museum.
King Street Mile
Old Town Alexandria has more than 100 independent boutiques with a variety of items for sale and fabulous restaurants and bars.
Old Town Alexandria Waterfront
Dine on the waterfront or take a sightseeing cruise or water taxi.
Tiny Spite House
The building's namesake, John Hollensbury, reportedly built the house in 1830 to stop people loitering in the alley adjoining his house and to prevent wagon-wheel hubs from damaging the house's exterior walls. This is the most commonly known story as to why the house was built, but there are also two other possibilities, the first being due to a dispute with his neighbor, and the second as a gift to his two daughters. Whichever story is true, the scenario involving a man who built a home out of spite is the one that has made the Hollensbury Spite House a local landmark. It is one of four spite houses in Alexandria, the others being built in the 1800s as well.