Doorways Around the World

Photographer: MarieMcC of Alexandria Daily Photo. This entry way is in Alexandria, VA.

Photographer: MarieMcC of Alexandria Daily Photo. This doorway is in Alexandria, VA.

Alexandria’s former importance as a port city is reflected in this dolphin door knocker. A walk around Old Town will yield sightings of a variety of maritime accessories on historical homes.

Photographer: MarieMcC of Alexandria Daily Photo. This doorway is in Alexandria, VA.

Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, VA, is a five-acre national historic site which includes a museum and a greenhouse. Among the attractions is the park’s gardening program for children. Potting seeds to take home, watching flower and vegetable gardens grow, learning how to read a sundial, and donning a bathing suit to explore water gardens are just some of the activities designed to catch the interest of would-be horticulturists as young as three years old. This whimsical little adobe house is presumably part of it, though what function it serves isn’t clear. Maybe its function is simply to be fun.

Photographer: Passante of Passante’s World.

Photographer: MarieMcC of Alexandria Daily Photo. This gateway is in Alexandria, VA.

Photographer: MarieMcC of Alexandria Daily Photo. This doorway is in Alexandria, VA.

This gate and doorway, with its charming outdoor sitting area, is beckoning us to come in. Photographer: MarieMcC of Alexandria Daily Photo. This doorway is in Alexandria, VA.

At St. Paul’s Episcopal Cemetery. Photographer: MarieMcC of Alexandria Daily Photo. This gate is in Alexandria, VA.

Photographer: Marie McC of Alexandria Daily Photo. Taken in August 2006. This doorway is in Alexandria VA.

Photographer: Marie McC of Alexandria Daily Photo. Taken in August 2006. This doorway is in Alexandria VA.