Places To Visit

Featuring graphic displays and artifacts that honor more than 175 years of Episcopal Church history, the Washington Parish Museum highlights all the Northern Neck churches included in Washington Parish from colonial times to the present. The Washing... Read More

On June 26, 1842, this church building was dedicated. In 1844 the Methodist Church divided. The first general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South was held in this church in May of 1846. During the War Between the States, the church bui... Read More

The Route to Victory. In 1781, General Rochambeau’s French Army joined forces with General Washington's Continental Army to fight the British Army in Yorktown, Virginia. With the French Navy in support, the allied armies moved hundreds of miles ... Read More

The Waterford National Historic Landmark District is an intact 18th-19th century Quaker village surrounded by 1420 acres of protected farmland. Visit year-round for self-guided tours of the historic streets and public access trails. Tour booklets are... Read More

Located on the Yorktown, Virginia waterfront just upriver from the Riverwalk shopping and dining area, the Watermen's Museum is the perfect addition to your Historic Triangle visit. The Watermen's Museum offers school and civic groups 13 different... Read More

Colonel Dempsey Watts built this house in 1799. It was originally constructed on a hill between Dinwiddie and Washington but moved to its present location in 1808. Congressman Henry Clay, Chief Blackhawk, and and President Andrew Jackson have all bee... Read More

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 ... 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

WayGone Brewery is a community-focused, neighborhood nanobrewery located in western Henrico County, near Richmond, Virginia. Founded by two couples who met on nearby Goneway Drive, the brewery officially opened in November 2023. ... 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