Places To Visit

Recalling Danville's former role as a world textile-manufacturing powerhouse, Dan River Mill No. 8 was built by Dan River, Inc. in 1920 and operated from 1921 through to the 1990s. Encompassing 18-plus acres on the south bank of the Dan River, the mi... Read More

The main residence of the Dan River plantation of Dan's Hill is one of the several stately brick dwellings erected during the early 19th century, the region's period of ascendancy. The formal five-bay structure was built ca. 1833 for Robert Wilson, a... Read More

One of the nation's most historic routes, the trail was blazed by the legendary frontiersman in 1775 and has become the route for hundreds of thousands of settlers of the western frontier. The driving tour follows the Wilderness Trail to Cumberland G... Read More

Built ca. 1749 for Daniel Harrison, one of the area's earliest settlers, this rugged Rockingham County farmhouse was constructed of limestone in the plain style favored by the region's early settlers for their more substantial dwellings. During the I... Read More

The Daniel Munch House is a handsome, two-story, brick, Federal-style farmhouse overlooking Passage Creek in the Fort Valley, a narrow valley within the Massanutten Mountain range in eastern Shenandoah County. Built in 1834 for Daniel Munch, a prospe... Read More

The Dante Coal mining and Railroad Museum invites visitors to enjoy exhibits of coal and railroad memorabilia, donated by the residents and former residents of Dante and the surrounding community. This building is now the home of the DANTE HISTORY PR... Read More

Home to the elegant Millionaires Row and the Old West End, the Danville Historic District showcases some of the finest Victorian and Edwardian architecture in Virginia and North Carolina. Many of the old mansions built by the tobacco and textile baro... Read More

Danville's historical society is working to share a comprehensive history of the city, after decades of selective preservation.... Read More

The turn-of-the-century architectural movement termed the American Renaissance endowed cities and towns with grand classical works that lend a strong sense of continuity and place. A relatively late but nonetheless effective expression of this moveme... Read More

The Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History is housed in the Sutherlin Mansion which was the former home of Major William T. Sutherlin, wartime quartermaster for Danville and among its most prominent citizens. For one week, 3-10 April 1865, Major an... Read More

Established in December 1866, the Danville National Cemetery first was used to inter Union prisoners of war who died in the tobacco warehouses and factories that were converted into Danville's Confederate prisons. Most of the dead, 1,170 known, and 1... Read More

The railroad station is among the most threatened of American architectural forms. Perhaps less than ten percent of our extant stations are used for their original function. Many that are not abandoned now serve new uses. Temporarily closed to passen... Read More

Occupying some forty blocks of the heart of the city, the Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential District formed the economic wellspring of 19th-century Danville. The various warehouses, factories, shops, and dwellings display the city's mill-tow... Read More

Established in 1833, the Rockingham County town of Dayton is among the most distinctive of several small towns lining the Shenandoah Valley's former Harrisonburg-Warm Springs Turnpike. The turnpike, and later the railroad, serviced local enterprises.... Read More

Decipher Brewing Co. is a veteran-owned brewery in Charlottesville, VA, that combines craft brewing with a unique, interactive, code-breaking theme. The business model is built around a passion for brewing and a background in cryptography, featuring... Read More