Places To Visit

The R. L. Stone House overlooks downtown Bassett, near Martinsville, and the Bassett furniture complex, the company that Stone co-founded. He purchased the Henry County land for the home in 1930, the same year that Bassett Furniture Company and its s... Read More

Randolph–Macon was founded in 1830 by Methodists Rev. Hekeziah G. Leigh, Rev. John Early[6] and Staten Islander Gabriel Poillon Disosway. It was originally located in Boydton, near the North Carolina border; but as the railroad link to Boydton was ... Read More

Like many founding stories, Random Row started in a basement. Kevin McElroy began his craft beer journey as a homebrewer concocting recipes in his basement. Kevin honed his skills while working full-time at the UVA hospital. It wasn't until his Imper... Read More

Nestled deep in a hollow at the headwaters of the Rapidan River is a little piece of history: Rapidan Camp. This National Historic Landmark was the beautiful, rustic getaway of President Herbert Hoover and First Lady Lou Henry Hoover during their tim... Read More

The volunteer-run Rappahannock Railroad Museum, home of the Little Yellow Train, offers a unique glimpse into the lives of railroad workers of the past and present. This Spotsylvania attraction houses two cabooses, a baggage car, model railroad layou... Read More

Lot Number 10 was owned by Richard Ratcliffe, the City's founder. In 1807, cobbler Henry Logan purchased the lot and built a small brick house. It was expanded in 1824 by the Allison family. This charming brick house is the City's oldest residence ... Read More

The Rebecca Vaughan House is the only intact house remaining where white owners and their families were killed during the Nat Turner slave rebellion in Southampton County. The house is also the last place where Turner and his followers killed residen... Read More

Rebel Hall was built about 1848 for Dr. James H. Minor, a prominent surgeon and farmer in the Town of Orange. The two-story brick house is one of a handful of antebellum dwellings surviving in the town and the only one executed in the Greek Revival s... Read More

Although antebellum Halifax County was dotted with small farm complexes, the area also saw the establishment of vast plantations with architecturally sophisticated houses. John R. Edmunds, owner of 1,110 acres on Birch Creek, was able to build an Ita... Read More

Remembering Black Patriots and Loyalists of the Revolutionary War, Paintings by local artist Gertrude Evans will be on display Fridays-Sundays.... Read More

Exhibition Opening at the Torggler Fine Arts Center... Read More

In celebration of Virginia's 250th Anniversary, Love Ridge Mountain Lodging introduces Revolutionary Rest — a limited-time, heritage-inspired glamping experience that blends 18th-century frontier spirit with modern mountain comfort. Located at m... Read More

The United States of America’s story starts well before 1776 right here in Northampton County. Don’t be fooled by the beautiful idyllic landscape on this isolated peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay. These roads, bu... Read More

The exhibit "Life, Liberty, & Loudoun! Revolutionary Stories," will be accompanied by a program series called Revolutionary Stories: Loudoun and beyond. This program series features guest speakers who will dive deeper into the stories of Loudoun’s ... Read More

The Reynolds Homestead, also known as Rock Spring Plantation, is a slave plantation turned historical site. First developed in 1814 by slaveowner Abram Reynolds, it was the primary home of R.J. Reynolds, founder of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company a... Read More