Located in the Shenandoah Valley, close to the Virginia and West Virginia border, Winchester is a small town with a bustling pedestrian mall, charming rural farm markets, and centuries of history.

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The renovation of a set of historic downtown Winchester, Va., buildings led to the discovery of several historic artifacts including a Civil War cannonball and bullets, a variety of old baseball cards ...