Places To Visit

Waveland is a large farm located in Fauquier County's Piedmont Valley and surrounded entirely by functioning agricultural land. The 1835 Greek Revival�style mansion originally featured a three-bay-wide, rectangular plan, until an 1859 two-bay-deep re... Read More

This ochre-colored mansion with its Greek Revival portico and Gothic Revival rear wing, is an architectural highlight on the scenic Halfway Road connecting Middleburg and The Plains in the Little River Rural Historic District. The core of Waverley is... Read More

In the summer of 2014, photographer artist Glen McClure began his project of documenting the proud men and women who work to support a massive industry that defines South Hampton Roads, Virginia. This exhibition highlights the African Americans incl... Read More

The Waynesboro Heritage Museum portrays the history of Waynesboro through permanent and rotating exhibit galleries and the nTelos audio visual room. ... Read More

This exhibition will explore the many people who, over centuries, have made Virginia the unique place it is in America and in the world, and the dramatic impact of the immigrant experience throughout Virginia's history as people arrived from the four... Read More

Museum tours include an overview of Dumfries' significant colonial history as well as a look into the house's historic past. Visitors travel through time as they tour the period rooms decorated in 18th, 19th, and 20th century styles while learning ab... Read More

In 1940, West End Cemetery was established on 23 acres of property located off West Lee Highway. Later in 1957, the Town of Wytheville took over its operation and maintenance. The cemetery is divided into eight sections with additional areas reserved... Read More

Westmoreland County Museum (WCM) founded in 1941, is the oldest museum in the Northern Neck. WCM preserves important history plus artifacts of the county and its people. Its treasures include the notable portrait of Sir William Pitt, painted by Charl... Read More

Come and find out how ordinary people lived through some of the most extraordinary times in American history. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Weston Plantation includes an elegant 18th-century plantation home overlooking the Appom... Read More

Westover is one of the most elegant and historic colonial plantations. It was built in the first half of the 18th century by the Byrd family, and is widely known for its superb proportions. Shaded by a magnificent collection of trees, the grounds off... Read More

An excellent example of warehouse construction from the early 20th century, the two-story Whitesel Brothers Building, built in 1939 in the city of Harrisonburg, reveals late Depression-era craftsmanship and technology in its brick and woodwork and th... Read More

The Battle of the Wilderness took place over two days in May 1864. The park's visitor services, driving route, and trails provide a variety of options for exploring and connecting with the history of the battle. The Civil War battlefields of Chancell... Read More

Located in the Historic District of Newbern, the Wilderness Road Regional Museum was once the home of Revolutionary War Veteran Adam Hance. Following the Revolution, Hance planned a new village along the Great Wagon Road that ran through his property... Read More

Wilderness Road State Park is about 310 acres that lie astride the Wilderness Road, a route carved by Daniel Boone in 1775. The route, which followed a buffalo trace, opened America's first western frontier. Most notable in the park are the Karlan Ma... Read More

Wilkins Farm is a late-18th-century farmstead of German immigrant origin in Shenandoah County. It was owned and developed by three different but close-knit German families. The main residence is an evolved two-story farm house that began as a single-... Read More