Places To Visit

The People's Playhouse for Over 50 Years! Take a step up in entertainment and back in history at Swift Creek Mill Theatre. Known as the People's Playhouse, the theatre is housed in the 353 year old Swift Creek Mill, which is a local, state and nation... Read More

Sycamore Tavern (c.1732) was the fourth stagecoach stop on the Richmond-Charlottesville Road. The tavern hosted travelers throughout the 19th century. The well preserved building houses the Page Memorial Library of History and Genealogy. Open Wednesd... Read More

The Taubman Museum of Art is part of the lively metro mountain mix of arts, culture, and outdoor fun in the heart of downtown Roanoke, Virginia. The Museum offers eleven galleries as part of the Fralin Center for American Art and originates 15-20 exh... Read More

The house at Taylor Springs, situated in Rockingham County just east of the city of Harrisonburg, is a prime example of a mid-19th-century brick farmhouse. Probably built about 1850 for Evan Henton, the simple I-house form and brickwork reflect the c... Read More

Visit The 29th Division Museum to explore more than 280 years of Colonial, United States and World History through the story of the one United States Army Infantry Division and member Units that participated in all of it. From 1741 to Yorktown, Manas... Read More

The Museum houses the extensive collections of both Spencer and Winnie Adams including Indian relics, baskets, pottery, tools along with vintage dolls, doll carriages and beds.... Read More

One of Abingdon's oldest attractions is the legendary Barter Theatre, the State Theatre of Virginia. The theatre began in 1933 with one man's idea to have patrons pay with produce. Now it has grown in to a year-round theatre with more than 160,000 vi... Read More

Connected today as Danville's premier boutique hotel, The Bee is made up of two beautiful historic buildings in the City's River District. These two buildings at 117 South Union and 123 South Union have a historic relationship to each other as the tw... Read More

Welcome to Unlocked History Escape Rooms, where you can step back in time and immerse yourself in pivotal moments of the past. Nestled in the heart of Charlottesville, VA, our escape rooms offer unique, historically-themed adventures that challenge y... Read More

The Clifton traces its history back to a land grant owned by William Randolph dating to 1735. The first structures on the property were built under the direction of his descendant, Thomas Mann Randolph. The property has changed hands over the years, ... Read More

The Conner House achieved significance in the Civil War, first as Confederate headquarters for Gen. Joseph E. Johnston from July to November 1861, and then as a hospital for the wounded of the second battle of Manassas. One of the few remaining anteb... Read More

The Dry Dock Affair, 1829-1831: African American Labor in America’s Shipyard examines the history of both free and enslaved Black labor in the Gosport Shipyard during the 1830s. Dry Dock No.1 was completed in 1834 and became the first operational d... Read More

Built around 1850, this two-story log structure was owned by W.F. Slater, a partner in the Slater & Moyers corn and flour mill. It is believed to have been a boarding house in the late 1800s owned by Mary Crockett. Prior to that, it may have been lea... Read More

The Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail, formerly the Fauquier County Jail, is now the home of the Fauquier Historical Society. Built in 1808, the front portion of the jail contained four cells, each of which was approved to house 40 prisoners... Read More

The Historic 1908 Courthouse serves as the Art & Cultural Center of Grayson County, Virginia. Since 1986 the building has been owned and maintained by the Historic 1908 Courthouse Foundation. The Foundation is a private non-profit charitable organiza... Read More