Places To Visit

From 1848 until 1991 the majestic Historic Rustburg Courthouse served as the seat of justice for Campbell County. Now this architectural landmark has a new life as a historic showpiece and an educational center. The perfectly preserved courtroom feat... Read More

This 1863-built earthwork is one of two remaining in Manassas – the other being the Confederate-built Mayfield Earthwork Fort (1861) about four miles east. Named for a nearby stream, Cannon Branch was one of several earthwork forts built alongside ... Read More

Walk through history on the Cannonball Trail, a self-guided walking tour that covers 400 years of Norfolk history. The trail winds its way along the Elizabeth River and through different districts of Downtown connecting historical homes, buildings an... Read More

Photographs and artifacts depicting the extensive history of Cape Charles, the railroad and the ferry service across the Bay to Norfolk. Also, see a videos related to the Chesapeake Bay impact crater and core samples taken during its investigation. A... Read More

This preserve is found on the Bay side of the Eastern Shore. Its 29 acres feature coastal beach, dune, and maritime forest habitats. The preserve provides habitat for the federally threatened northeastern beach tiger beetle (Cicindela dorsalis dorsal... Read More

The Cape Charles Rosenwald School in Northampton County was one of thousands of schools constructed using Rosenwald Funds for African American students in the South during the Jim Crow era of segregation in public education. Built in 1929, the school... Read More

The Cape Henry Lighthouse was built in 1792. It started to crack in 1870 and was replaced with the new Cape Henry Lighthouse only 357 feet away, which is an active aid to navigation and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. The Old Cape Henry Lighthouse ... Read More

The Cape Henry Lighthouse was built in 1792. It started to crack in 1870 and was replaced with the new Cape Henry Lighthouse only 357 feet away, which is an active aid to navigation and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. The Old Cape Henry Lighthouse... Read More

At Cape Henry, you'll find the Cape Henry Memorial Cross, commemorating the site where a wooden cross was erected by the early English settlers upon their safe arrival to Virginia in April of 1607, as well as the statue of Admiral Comte deGrasse. deG... Read More

Located in western Halifax County, Carlbrook was built in the late 1920s as a country place and retirement home for Imperial Tobacco Company executive Luther E. Carlton and his wife, Myrtle Boyd Carlton. The imposing Georgian Revival residence was co... Read More

The historic Carlyle House was completed in 1753 by British merchant John Carlyle for his bride, Sarah Fairfax of Belvoir, member of one of the most prestigious families in colonial Virginia. Their dwelling quickly became a center of social and polit... Read More

Carter Braxton (1736-1797) was a "Founding Father of the United States and signer of the Declaration of Independence, plantation owner and merchant." The brick structure is Elsing Green and was built by the Dandridge family between 1715-1720. Elsing ... Read More

Joseph Dodson, Sr., built the smaller section of Carter's Tavern as his dwelling before 1773. His younger son, Joseph Dodson, Jr., operated it as an ordinary early in the 19th century here on River Road, then the principal highway between Halifax Cou... Read More

Within the fort is the Casemate Museum, which chronicles the military history of Fort Monroe from the construction of Fort Algernourne, the first defensive fortification at the site in 1609, through the last major command to be headquartered at Fort ... Read More

Built in 1846, Catherine Furnace was one of three Page County furnaces in operation during the Civil War. The 30-foot-tall main stack is nearly all that remains of the cold-blast furnace and once-huge operation here, when 22,500 acres supplied wood f... Read More