Places To Visit

Down on Water Street sits a Yorktown mystery. Well, sort of. Legend has it that Cornwallis' Cave (hidden across from the bustling beach) is where the British General retreated to avoid bombardment during the Battle of Yorktown. The National Park Serv... Read More

As reported in a Virginia newspaper, "The King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum is a Real Gem...located in a Middle Peninsula county with a lot of rural charm." The out-of-the-way location easily evokes the past that the Museum is preserving. The M... Read More

Courtland School in the town of Courtland, the Southampton County seat, served African American students from around 1928, the year of the school's construction, through 1963, when it closed. The Julius Rosenwald Fund provided money and architectural... Read More

Historic Crab Orchard Museum preserves the cultural heritage of the Appalachian Region with exhibits on the 500 year-old Native American Village discovered on site, Pioneer Life, and military conflicts, such as the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. See t... Read More

The Cradock neighborhood was built in 1918 and named in honor of British Rear Admiral Sir Christopher G. F. W. Cradock whose fleet was sunk by the German Navy in 1914. It was built on a 310-acre tract, formerly known as Afton Farm, three miles south ... Read More

The Crompton-Shenandoah Plant, in Waynesboro, covers a 40-acre site with roughly 10 acres featuring buildings that date from 1926 through the 1970s. The plant specialized in the cutting, dyeing and finishing of greige goods and produced corduroy, vel... Read More

The Battle of Cross Keys was one of the culminating battles of Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign. This Confederate victory, along with the Battle of Port Republic, held off the Union armies in the Valley and allowed Jackson to join Robert E. L... Read More

Tucked amidst secret gardens and neighboring vineyards, Crossroads Inn in North Garden, Virginia, transports you to a different time but with all the modern conveniences you need. Disconnect and wander the scenic hills of the Blue Ridge, all right ou... Read More

The quest for religious freedom in America and guaranteeing the right to worship in the in the way of one's choosing was a revolutionary idea - an idea in which Virginia played an important role. The museum's latest exhibit, developed and installe... Read More

The museum's latest exhibit explores how the Culpeper Minute Men have lived on beyond the American Revolution and became an important part of Culpeper and American culture. Through 2026.... Read More

This exhibit explores the independence movement in Culpeper County leading up to the Revolutionary War, culminating in the Culpeper Resolves of 1774 and its public statement of support for American self-governance. This year marks the 250th annivers... Read More

Explore the scenic spot on the banks of Arlington Creek the historic site of Arlington Plantation. The grand manor house built in the 1670s by tobacco farmer John Custis II is no more, but its distinguished lineage lives on in the Arlington National ... Read More

The Custom House, built about 1720 by Custom Agent Richard Ambler, occupies a unique place in American History. Listed on the Virginia Landmark Register and National Register of Historic Places, the Custom House is also one of only twelve Historic Cu... Read More

In 1833, twin brothers Ambrose and Reuben Dallard were born into slavery on the Riverbank plantation, located in present-day Rockingham county. The two brothers remained enslaved with their families until sometime in their late twenties or early thir... Read More

Designed by James C. Lombard and Co. of Washington D.C., and opened in 1921, the Dalton Theatre followed the prototype theater design of Louis Sullivan's Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, in which the theater section is fronted by an office building. It... Read More