Vizsla dog Yonder standing on a grassy riverbank with an arched stone aqueduct visible behind.
🌎 Completed in 1833, this arched stone aqueduct is considered a state historic civil engineering landmark. Over the course of 91 years it conveyed thousands of boats laden with millions of tons of coal and cargo. Where was Yonder this #WITWW? Give a guess...photo reveal at 5pm!
Vizsla dog Yonder standing at a river's edge looking out into the distance. Light snow is on the ground with a little bit of ice in the river.
🌎 Red Rock Wilderness Overlook Regional Park in Leesburg, Virginia is today's #WITWW feature. Its 67 acres feature some 19th-century historic structures, varied terrain, and Potomac River views. It's also part of the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail!
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Vizsla dog Yonder on a lightly snow-covered woodland trail with a view to a river beyond.
🌎 This #WITWW location is one perhaps better known to locals, but its dog-friendly, wooded loop trail traverses former farmland and offers lovely views of the Potomac both from on high and at river level. Where was Yonder? Answer provided at 5pm.
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inside the room at 13 West Range at the University of Virginia, furnished as it may have looked when Poe lived here in 1826.
Vizsla dog Yonder seated outside in front of a historical marker about Edgar Allan Poe in Charlottesville, Virginia.
🌎 This #WITWW had Yonder getting a peek into 13 West Range, the dorm room where young Edgar Allan Poe lived for a single term in 1826 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Today, the prestigious Raven Society maintains it as it may have looked in Poe's day.
Vizsla dog Yonder seated outside a college dorm room with a plexiglass shield over the entrance preserving the interior furnished as it may have been in the 1820s.
🌎 If Yonder looks like he's seen a ghost this #WITWW, it may be because he's outside the dorm room that for a brief term in 1826 was home to a student who would become one of America's key literary figures. Where was he? Register your guess. We'll be back at 5pm with the answer.
Vizsla dog Yonder sitting outside a fence at a historic property partially shrouded by trees.
🌎 Locust Hill in Ivy, Virginia, is where Meriwether Lewis was born in 1774. Lewis lived at this week's #WITWW site until he was 6 and then again as a young man. Lewis is perhaps best known for joining William Clark in 1803 to explore the Louisiana Territory at the request of President Jefferson.
Vizsla dog Yonder seated outside looking toward a barn and residence behind a wire fence.
🌎 For this #WITWW location, 21st-century canine explorer Yonder happened upon the historic property (now a private residence) that is the birthplace of an early 19th century American explorer. Can you guess who and where? Back at 5 pm with the reveal.
Vizsla dog Yonder sitting on the porch at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve on a sunny day
🌎 Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve in Leesburg, Virginia, is this week's #WITWW location. With more than 700 acres to explore, there's something for everyone. Leashed dogs welcome!
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Vizsla dog Yonder standing on a wooden plank boardwalk looking over his shoulder. Behind him is a dark pillow basalt geological feature.
🌎 Today's #WITWW location was designated a Virginia Treasure in 2016 for its woodlands, wetlands, nearly 20 miles of hiking trails, and geological points of interest like this pillow basalt. Where was Yonder? Drop your guess in the comments and return at 5 pm for the reveal!
Vizsla dog Yonder sitting beside the graves of Beta and Seal, two campus mascot dogs.
🌎 Set at the edge of the University of Virginia campus cemetery are the graves of Beta and Seal, two beloved canine mascots from days gone by. Beta was a fraternity house dog in the 1920s, and Seal was a familiar sight on campus and at football games in the late 1940s/early 1950s. #WITWW
vizsla dog Yonder standing atop a tombstone on a college campus.
🌎 Yonder uncharacteristically decided to jump on this, so here we go for #WITWW! This cemetery contains tombstones honoring two dogs that served as living mascots at this university, passing away in 1939 and 1953, respectively. Where was Yonder? Back at 5pm with the reveal.
Vizsla dog Yonder seared outside a college football s the adiu. of a talking to teammates to. the
🌎 Yonder paid a #WITWW visit to the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. It's home not only to the Hokies (see this morning's photo clue 🦃) but also to this statue honoring legendary football coach Frank Beamer, who logged 29 seasons and 238 wins there.
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Yonder sitting in a large outdoor plaza in front of a statue of a giant, cartoonish turkey sculpture. Yonder has his mouth open as if barking.
🌎 Move along, nothing to see here. Just me with a giant turkey for your #WITWW photo clue. Can you guess where I was? Hint: the only major U.S. university with this as a mascot. Gobble if you know! We'll be back at 5pm with the reveal.
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Vizsla dog Yonder seated in front of a bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson, their gazes and posture somewhat matching.
🌎 Yonder took a #WITWW hike on the Saunders-Monticello Trail in Charlottesville, VA, and wound up at Thomas Jefferson's estate! Dogs are also allowed on the grounds of this late 18th-/early 19th-century home, and as you can see, Yonder even encountered "Jefferson" himself.
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Vizsla dog Yonder standing on a wooden boardwalk portion of a woodland trail in winter
🌎 This #WITWW saw Yonder on a 4.4-mile out-and-back, woodland trail that originates in a public arboretum and ends atop a small mountain that's the homesite of one of America's "founding fathers." Where was Yonder? Reply with your guess, and check back at 5 pm for the reveal!
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Vizsla dog Yonder wearing a green "Bark Ranger" bandana and seated in front of a bust of Booker T. Washington outside a visitor center building.
Vizsla dog Yonder seated outside next to a cutout of a young Booker T. Washington amid informational plaques about aspects of his life.
🌎 Today's featured #WITWW location was the Booker T. Washington National Monument in Hardy, Virginia. This former tobacco plantation was the birthplace and childhood home of Washington, who would go on to attend Hampton and found the Tuskegee Institute.
Vizsla dog Yonder standing atop a large wooden farm wagon and wearing a green bandana. In the background are open fields, trees, and a small log cabin.
🌎 This #WITWW location would shape the values, worldview, and career of a boy born into slavery here and emancipated here 9 years later, eventually becoming a prominent author, orator, and educator. Where was Yonder? Comment and check back at 5pm for the reveal.
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Vizsla dog Yonder with the view of Roanoke, VA from the vantage point of the Roanoke Star overlook.
Vizsla dog Yonder at the Roanoke Star.
🌎 Your #WiTWW dog-friendly location is the Roanoke Star overlooking the city of Roanoke, Virgina, 1,045 feet below. It can be seen by air up to 60 miles away and was meant to symbolize "the progressive spirit of the Star City of the South."
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Vizsla dog Yonder below the Natural Bridge, gazing upward into the arch.
🌎 Welcome to today's dog-friendly #WITWW destination: Virginia's Natural Bridge State Park in the Shenandoah Valley. The iconic limestone arch stands at 215 feet, and George Washington is said to have carved his initials on the inner wall.
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Vizsla dog Yonder on edge of a trail going beneath a limestone arch
🌎 A short two-mile trail hike (with 137 stairs!) gets you all kinds of views of today's unique #WITWW location, purchased by Thomas Jefferson in 1774 as part of a 157-acre parcel. Can you guess where Yonder was? Check back at 5pm for the reveal.
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Vizsla dog Yonder and his human walking through the dark with light at the end of the tunnel.
Vizsla dog Yonder illuminated in the Blue Ridge Tunnel.
Vizsla dog Yonder with cutout of Claudius Corset at entrance to his tunnel.
🌎 This #WITWW brings you to the Blue Ridge Tunnel in Afton, Virginia. Designed by French engineer Claudius Crozet and built 1849-1858 by Irish and enslaved laborers using hand drills and black powder, it's a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
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Vizsla dog Yonder standing in an elliptical tunnel through rock. His huge shadow is cast in the rock wall ahead of him.
🌎 A subterranean #WITWW! Where is Yonder casting his giant shadow? Hint: upon its completion in 1858, this elliptical- shaped rail tunnel was the longest in North America at 4,273 feet. We'll return at 5pm to illuminate the answer.
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Vizsla dog Yonder seated on the exterior steps of a tall, muti-tiered, tapered building.
🌎 Today's #WITWW pic is from the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, VA. Dedicated in 1932, it honors George Washington both as a freemason and as the first U.S. president. Upon his inauguration in 1789, Washington was also the Master of Alexandria Lodge.
Vizsla dog Yonder seared in an open field. In the background is tapered, multi-tiered building.
🌎 Our first #WITWW of 2026 relates to a "first" of another sort. Can you guess this location of this memorial built to resemble the lighthouse in Alexandria, Egypt--one of the seven wonders of the ancient world? We'll be back at 5 pm with the reveal!
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Three photos of Yonder with oversized critters: a T rex, a cow, and a moose.
🌎 Here's where Yonder encountered these whopping #WITWW critters:
🦖 - T Rex made entirely from plant materials is at the U.S. Botanic Gardens in DC
🐄 - Giant cow is at Bluemont, VA's Great Country Farms
🫎 - 9 ft plastic moose is at the W. Gardiner Service Plaza in ME.
Collage of 3 photos of Yonder with lifelike sculptures: one with a tyrannosaurus, one with a giant cow, and one with a moose
🌎 Closing out 2025 with a 3-in-1 #WITWW extravaganza: Yonder with a 🦖🐄🫎. They're from three different spots on the east coast and may be too hard to guess, but we also thought it was too fun not to share. Any thoughts? We'll be back at 5pm with the answers!
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Vizsla dog Yonder standing outside a donut shop.
🌎 Yonder was at The Holy Donut in Portland, Maine, for this #WITWW photo, and we can neither confirm nor deny that he had a nibble of a maple bacon donut. 🍩 🥓 🐕😉
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Vizsla dog Yonder sitting outside by a painted wall mural of a moose eating a donut.
🌎 This #WITWW photo is of Yonder taking in the heavenly scents outside a famous donut shop's very first location. Can you guess where? Hint: they're made with locally grown potatoes!🍩 🥔 Back at 5 pm with the reveal!
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Vizsla dog Yonder in front of a town sign, "Waterford."
Vizsla dog Yonder seated in fronted of a red bank barn with a quilt design on it.
🌎 Well, if it isn't Waterford, Virginia, for this #WITWW! The town was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970, and the Waterford Foundation preserves many of its 18th- and 19th-century buildings.
Vizsla dog Yonder standing in a snowy field looking upward in left profile. An early, brick grist mill building is in the background.
🌎 This #WITWW, Yonder was in a place settled in 1733 by Quakers with ties to PA and Ireland. Despite its VA location, the town's residents would mostly side with the Union during the Civil War. Where was Yonder? Drop your guess below. We'll return at 5 pm with the answer.
