Places To Visit

An elegant component of Downtown Danville's central business district, this Neo-Adamesque high-rise building was built in 1927 to house the city's leading hostelry. The structure is representative of the wave of finely appointed, thoroughly modern ho... Read More

Hotel Norton is a historic hotel building located in Norton, Virginia. It was built in 1921, and is a six-story Colonial Revival style building consisting of a cut sandstone base, brick middle, and a deep stone and wood entablature. The interior feat... Read More

ca. 1772 This eighteenth-century building was restored to house the Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop, a museum of medicine, pharmacy, and military and political affairs. Dr. Mercer served the citizens of Fredericksburg with medicines and treatments of the... Read More

The Hungars Cure Parish is made up of two Episcopal churches on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Christ Church is in Eastville and Hungars Church is in Bridgetown. "Cure" is an old English term; basically it defines a church partnership in which a rector s... Read More

Hungry Mother has a sandy beach with bathhouse, boats (fishing, canoe, kayak and paddle) and a boat launch, and a universally accessible fishing pier. Guests also enjoy its campgrounds, cabins, yurts, gift shop, visitor center, a six-bedroom family l... Read More

Located south of here on the Rappahannock River, stood Hunter's Iron Works, founded by James Hunter and was in operation by the 1750s. With the outbreak of the American Revolution, the Rappahannock Forge there supplied the Continental army and navy w... Read More

A classic example of traditional 18th-century plantation architecture, Hunting Quarter was built sometime after 1745, when Capt. Henry Harrison inherited the Sussex County property from his father, Benjamin Harrison of Berkeley. Henry Harrison was th... Read More

Although the Gothic Revival style never completely dominated America's architectural scene as did the Greek Revival, the Gothic nonetheless permeated many aspects of the built environment, especially ecclesiastical works. This was especially so with ... Read More

This exhibit tells the story of the education of African Americans in Norfolk County (present-day Chesapeake) from the reconstruction era of 1870 to the 1954 ruling of Brown v. Board of Education which declared that segregation was unconstitutional. ... Read More

This year’s Blacksburg Regional Art Association Theme Show, We The People, explores the living meaning of a phrase that is at once historic, intimate, and unfinished. During the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, artists are especially c... Read More

This year’s Blacksburg Regional Art Association Theme Show, We The People, explores the living meaning of a phrase that is at once historic, intimate, and unfinished. During the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, artists are especially c... Read More

This small (52-acre) county park is often used by recreational groups and private functions, but birding is normally possible on the margins and through the woodland trail even when other activities are in progress. At best a brief, pleasant stop whi... Read More

Explore the rich heritage of Virginia’s tribal communities. Discover how Indigenous voices and experiences have been, and remain, a vital part of Virginia’s history and culture. Special traveling exhibition presented by the Library of Virginia.... Read More

Ingles Ferry was started by William Ingles in 1762 when he obtained a license to operate a ferryboat across the New River. Ingles was assisted by his brother-in-law John Draper. Over the ferry moved many of the settlers taking up land in Kentucky and... Read More

Ingleside is a late Federal-style dwelling located on rolling farmland in western Amelia County. The house is noteworthy for its highly imaginative, classically-inspired architectural detailing which appears on its chimneypieces and the two-and-one-h... Read More