History can be felt everywhere in Virginia, from the mountains to the beaches and every place in between. Visit these sites and discover why Virginia’s History is America’s Story and how our Commonwealth helped shape our nation. Notice a historical site or museum in Virginia missing from this list? Click here to add a location to this listing.
Fluvanna County
Pleasant Grove House, formerly known as the Haden House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Over 150 years ago, William Douglas Haden purchased the property which today is known as Pleasant Grove Park. The 1854 Pleasant Grove Hous... Read More
Mathews County
The Poplar Grove Mill and House property, overlooking the scenic Mobjack Bay in Mathews County, includes the only surviving tide mill in Virginia. Tidal power, along with wind power, was harnessed by necessity in the low-lying coastal regions where o... Read More
Rockingham County
On the South Fork of the Shenandoah River in eastern Rockingham County, the grid-plan village of Port Republic was founded in 1802 and became a booming river port. It served as the shipping point for the agricultural and industrial products of the up... Read More
Goochland County
A Goochland County landmark along historic River Road, Powell's Tavern has served as a tavern, a stagecoach stop, and a post office. Consisting of two distinct parts, the earliest section is a traditional two story frame dwelling built around 1770 by... Read More
Greene County
The Powell-McMullan House enjoys a picturesque setting in Greene County is framed by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the South River that flows across the property frontage. The house is a simple, but ample, frame dwelling built about 1800 that was more... Read More
Mecklenburg County
*Available by appointment only* - Call 434-374-8672* Sir Peyton Skipwith, originally of England and then Virginia, built this home in 1794. Prestwould is the most complete gentry home in Virginia. Many of the original outbuildings and Lady Jean's ... Read More
Prince George County
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Regional Heritage Center is open by appointment only. Please call the Heritage Center to schedule an appoitnment. The Prince George County Regional Heritage Center tells the stories of one of Virginia's most histo... Read More
Prince William County
Prince William County built its third county courthouse on this site in 1762. This courthouse served as the county seat until 1822 when a new courthouse was built at Brentsville. The Dumfries courthouse was where the Prince William Resolves were d... Read More
Prince William County
Prince William Forest Park is an oasis, a respite of quiet and calm. In 1936, Chopawamsic Recreation Area opened its gates to house children's 'relief' camps during the Great Depression. Renamed Prince William Forest Park in 1948, these fragrant wood... Read More
Middlesex County
Prospect in Middlesex County probably was built in stages between 1820 and 1850. The main building is a three-story, weatherboarded, gable-roofed dwelling with two 38-foot-high chimneys abutting either end of the five-bay façade. It has identical gab... Read More
Pulaski County
Spurred by the construction of the Norfolk and Western Railway line, the town of Pulaski's downtown served as the late-19th century industrial and commercial center of Pulaski County. The relocation of the county seat to Pulaski in 1895 cemented the ... Read More
Giles County
The Q.M. Pyne Store in the Giles County village of Eggleston is a two-part commercial structure. The earlier, three-story section was constructed in 1926 by its first proprietors, Fred A. Whittaker and Clayton C. Whittaker, who operated it as a gener... Read More
Henry County
The R. L. Stone House overlooks downtown Bassett, near Martinsville, and the Bassett furniture complex, the company that Stone co-founded. He purchased the Henry County land for the home in 1930, the same year that Bassett Furniture Company and its s... Read More
Hanover County
Randolph–Macon was founded in 1830 by Methodists Rev. Hekeziah G. Leigh, Rev. John Early[6] and Staten Islander Gabriel Poillon Disosway. It was originally located in Boydton, near the North Carolina border; but as the railroad link to Boydton was de... Read More
Spotsylvania County
The volunteer-run Rappahannock Railroad Museum, home of the Little Yellow Train, offers a unique glimpse into the lives of railroad workers of the past and present. This Spotsylvania attraction houses two cabooses, a baggage car, model railroad layou... Read More