Places To Visit

The State Certified Virginia's Heartland Regional Visitor Center and Transportation Heritage Museum in downtown Farmville, Prince Edward County is ready to welcome all travelers and visitors 7 days a week, 360 days a year. It is a wonderful source of... Read More

The Heathsville Blacksmith Forge is open every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 10:00 am to noon, weather dependent. (Call to confirm.) Located on the grounds behind Historic Rice's Hotel / Hughlett's Tavern, the forge is an historic, working forg... Read More

Built as Stover's Store in 1845, Heflin's Store stands approximately ten miles northeast of Warrenton in the Fauquier County village known as Little Georgetown. In 1845, Charles Stover hired stonemason John M. Fry to build the community's first store... Read More

Experience what it was like when the first English settlers moved to America by taking a trip to Henricus Historical Park in Chesterfield County. Established in 1611 by Sir Thomas Dale, Henricus was the second successful English city in the New Wo... Read More

Hewick was the 18th-century seat of the Robinson family, located just west of Urbanna in Middlesex County. Although long believed to have been constructed in two sections, the house most likely was built as a unit in the mid-18th century for the plan... Read More

The extensive Hanover County plantation of Hickory Hill has been the property of the Wickham family since 1820, when Robert Carter of Shirley left 1,717 acres to his daughter and son-in-law, Anne Butler Carter and William Fanning Wickham of Richmond.... Read More

This tiny brick James City County building is the remaining part of the Lower Church of Blisland Parish, one of the Virginia colony's most important rural churches. The original portion of Hickory Neck Church, a large nave, was begun in 1733 and comp... Read More

More than 2,400 feet long, rising 125 feet above the Appomattox River, the majestic High Bridge is the longest recreational bridge in Virginia and among the longest in the nation. Built in 1853, the bridge is now the centerpiece of High Bridge Trail ... Read More

Once a rail bed, the trail is wide, level and generally flat. Its finely crushed limestone surface and dimensions make it easy to enjoy. The park's centerpiece is the majestic High Bridge, which is more than 2,400 feet long and 125 feet above the App... Read More

The museum is located in a 1851 home which served as a hosptial during the Civil War Battle of McDowell on May 8, 1862. The home became a stagecoach stop on the Staunton-to-Parkersburg Turnpike and was operated as a hotel. The Highland Historical Soc... Read More

Hill Grove School provided primary education for students in the local African American community before public school integration occurred in Pittsylvania County in the 1960s. In 1912, Alec Cook and his wife, Emma, donated a one-acre lot near the ru... Read More

ONCE SELF SUFFICIENT AND INDEPENDENT STILL THRIVES TO SURVIVE "Hobson, continue to trace its roots back to the early 1700's through a variety of deeds and land grants given to the freedmen prior to and just after the Civil War. These men and women... Read More

No visit to Fairfax City is complete without a visit to Historic Blenheim and the Civil War Interpretive Center. The site is famous for its Federal soldier signatures, pictographs, and thoughts preserved on the attic and house walls of this Greek-Rev... Read More

c1761-1780 former plantation home mostly in its original unmolested primitive condition with original 18th century siding, nails, some original 18-pane windows, interior paneling all made of robust heart pine. Family cemetery out back. Purchased by t... Read More

Centreville, Virginia, established in 1792, has a rich history as a crossroads community that played significant roles during the Civil War. Today, visitors can explore Historic Centreville Park, which features preserved Civil War fortifications and ... Read More