Places To Visit

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

The Hollow is significant for its association with architecture, invention, and politics and government between 1763 and 1773. Thomas Marshall, father of Chief Justice John Marshall, was appointed Fauquier County's principal surveyor and magistrate i... Read More

The Hollow History Center is a historic site with four log buildings and a picnic shelter, with one building housing a collection of local history, photos, and genealogy. Also, on site are horse-drawn farm equipment, a section of the "Dinky" railroad... Read More

The Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Museum and The American Friends of Lafayette have partnered to present The Life and Legacy of The Marquis de Lafayette. This traveling exhibit tells the important stories of Lafayette's life and legacy includi... Read More

Visit the Francis Land House from March 5 – May 31 to enjoy "The Life and Legacy of The Marquis de Lafayette," a traveling, six-banner exhibit telling the important stories of Lafayette’s life and legacy, including his American Revolution partici... Read More

The Mariners' Museum and Park connects people to world's waters because that is how we are connected to one another. Regardless of who or where we are, we are united as one global community through our shared maritime heritage. Everyone has a tie to ... Read More

The Mariners' Museum & Park believes that the promise of our mission is a powerful one. This shared connection to the water unites our local, national, and global communities. That bond - the belief that we are all mariners - creates the vehicle to b... Read More

Built in 1841, it was used by the Union forces during the Civil War as the Federal Adjutant General's Office. It received its name because passes, which were required to leave Portsmouth, were issued here.... Read More

The library building itself dates to the 1800s. It was originally a post office. They say it was a Pony Express stop, a claim seemingly based on an undated photo on the library's walls showing a horseman standing in front of the library porch. The Pe... Read More

John Craig, born in County Antrim, Ireland, and educated in Edinburgh, Scotland, immigrated to America in 1734. Ordained pastor in 1740 of the two churches known as Augusta Stone and Tinkling Spring, Craig was Virginia's first settled Presbyterian mi... Read More

A visit to The Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia is like stepping one hundred years into the past. Visit this 67 acre open air museum and learn the story of the people who settled the area. View the Migration Story and map at our visitor's center... Read More

The Strayer House Civil War Orientation Center is located along US Route 11 the historic Valley Turnpike. The original portion of the building was constructed circa 1808 for John Strayer's home and mercantile business and was visited by historic figu... Read More