Places To Visit

Places to Visit




History can be felt everywhere in Virginia, from the mountains to the beaches and every place in between. Visit these sites and discover why America was made in Virginia.

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Danville Southern Railway Passenger DepotDanville Southern Railway Passenger Depot
City of Danville

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

Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential DistrictDanville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential District
City of Danville

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

Dayton Historic DistrictDayton Historic District
Rockingham County

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 CoDecipher Brewing Co
Albermarle County

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

Deer ChaseDeer Chase
Middlesex County

Captain Oswald Cary was granted 460 acres on the Piankatank River in 1685; the present house was likely built several decades later by a Cary descendant. Fire gutted the interior in the early 19th century; hence, the present woodwork dates from that ... Read More

DeJarnetteDeJarnette's Tavern
Halifax County

DeJarnette's Tavern is considered to be the most unchanged 18th-century tavern in Virginia. Built in the late 1700s in Halifax County, it was named for Daniel DeJarnette, the son of James Pemberton DeJarnette, whose Huguenot family had fled France in... Read More

Deltaville Maritime MuseumDeltaville Maritime Museum
Middlesex County

The Deltaville Maritime Museum & Holly Point Nature Park is a local treasure, collecting and exhibiting the rich nautical history of the area known as the "Boatbuilding Capital of the Chesapeake." Not far from the spot where Jamestown Colony explorer... Read More

deWitt CottagedeWitt Cottage
City of Virginia Beach

Southern Vintage Beach Charm at its Best. The historic de Witt Cottage, located just steps away from the sands of the Atlantic Ocean, is the perfect location for any celebrated festivity from Proposals, Showers and Weddings; Reveal parties and Baby S... Read More

Dickenson County Veterans MemorialDickenson County Veterans Memorial
Dickenson County

Dickenson County Military Veteran's Memorials. Dickenson County has several memorials to honor the soldiers who have died in combat. A Vietnam memorial, Korean War Memorial, as well as memorials for World War I and World War II are located on the Dic... Read More

DixDix's Ferry
City of Danville

In 1766 John Dix established his ferry approximately three miles south of here on the Dan River. During the American Revolution, in February 1781, the ferry was a strategic site in Gen. Nathanael Greene's "race to the Dan," the pursuit of Greene to t... Read More

Doe Creek Historic Farm PropertyDoe Creek Historic Farm Property
Giles County

Doe Creek Farm, located on the flanks of Salt Pond Mountain in Giles County, is a commercial apple orchard and stock farm established in 1883. The farm centers on the 1883 Greek Revival farmhouse of Samuel Sayers Hoge, Sr. and Mollie Price Hoge, a tw... Read More

Downtown Danville Historic DistrictDowntown Danville Historic District
City of Danville

This twenty-five-acre urban historic district encompasses the core of southern Virginia's leading tobacco and textile manufacturing city. The district has been the commercial and administrative heart of Danville from the 1790s to the present. Spread ... Read More

Dr. Christian Hockman HouseDr. Christian Hockman House
Shenandoah County

Dr. Christian Hockman's house, conspicuously located on U. S. Route 11, is a rare example of the Italian Villa style in the lower Shenandoah Valley. The square tower is the style's signature feature. The mass-manufactured exterior and interior woodwo... Read More

Dr. Virgil Cox HouseDr. Virgil Cox House
City of Galax

Located on West Stuart Drive in Galax, the Dr. Virgil Cox House is one of a handful of large houses built overlooking its downtown district during the first dozen years of the city's history. Built about 1913 for W. E. Cox, the frame house features a... Read More

Dragon Run BrewingDragon Run Brewing
King and Queen County

Dragon Run Brewing was ideated in 2012 by Tommy, an avid home-brewer. After a Christmas gift of brandened pint glasses by his sisters and a few years of encouring, Dragon Run Brewing was founded. In the heart of the Middle Peninsula, where the rivers... Read More

 

 

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