Places To Visit

The home was built by the Burwell family of the Tidewater area in 1798. William A. Burwell served as Secretary to Thomas Jefferson. In 1850 the estate was sold to Thomas J. Holland and has remained in the Holland family since that time, earning th... Read More

A National Register Historical Landmark and one of the oldest, most original operational grist mills in the country located in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley. In the early 1780s, Gen. Daniel Morgan, a true Revolutionary War hero, joined efforts w... Read More

The historic Bush Mill takes you back to a time when people lived simpler lives, when millwrights and craftsmen used Scott County's abundant natural resources - limestone, wood, water and hilly terrain - to build overshot, water-powered grist mills w... Read More

According to local tradition, the first court meeting for newly formed Greensville County occurred in Butts Tavern two blocks east on 22 Feb. 1781. Built about 1770 at the intersection of Fort Christianna and Halifax Roads for William Edwards, the ta... Read More

The C.P. Jones House and Law Office, located in the town of Monterey in Highland County, is an evolved dwelling with Victorian elements that has at its core a two-story log structure built around 1850. The log building may have functioned as the firs... Read More

Skirted by U. S. Route 220, which follows the trace of the 18th-century Carolina Road, this 1450-acre rural historic district in the Boone's Mill vicinity of Franklin County preserves a scene that would still be familiar to the thousands of settlers ... Read More

Caledonia Farm is a National Register landmark celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2012. Two suites, one with two bedrooms, have air conditioning, heat controls, working fireplaces, private baths and view of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Shenandoa... Read More

From 1894 to 1966, the Calfee Training School educated African American children in Pulaski, VA. Faced with severe underfunding from Jim Crow segregation, the Calfee Training School became a community, helping children and their families reach their ... Read More

The clerk's office was built around 1770 (finished about 1771) as Callands served as Pittsylvania County's first county seat from 1767-1777. It has been restored and is available for tours with sufficient advance notice.Precious American Revolutionar... Read More

From 1848 until 1991 the majestic Historic Rustburg Courthouse served as the seat of justice for Campbell County. Now this architectural landmark has a new life as a historic showpiece and an educational center. The perfectly preserved courtroom feat... Read More

This 1863-built earthwork is one of two remaining in Manassas � the other being the Confederate-built Mayfield Earthwork Fort (1861) about four miles east. Named for a nearby stream, Cannon Branch was one of several earthwork forts built alongside th... Read More

Walk through history on the Cannonball Trail, a self-guided walking tour that covers 400 years of Norfolk history. The trail winds its way along the Elizabeth River and through different districts of Downtown connecting historical homes, buildings an... Read More

Photographs and artifacts depicting the extensive history of Cape Charles, the railroad and the ferry service across the Bay to Norfolk. Also, see a videos related to the Chesapeake Bay impact crater and core samples taken during its investigation. A... Read More

This preserve is found on the Bay side of the Eastern Shore. Its 29 acres feature coastal beach, dune, and maritime forest habitats. The preserve provides habitat for the federally threatened northeastern beach tiger beetle (Cicindela dorsalis dorsal... Read More

The Cape Charles Rosenwald School in Northampton County was one of thousands of schools constructed using Rosenwald Funds for African American students in the South during the Jim Crow era of segregation in public education. Built in 1929, the school... Read More