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Carr's Hill

Gardens – Charlottesville, Virginia

The president of the University of Virginia makes her home at Carr's Hill. When it was being built from 1907 to 1909, the south lawn of Carr's Hill was terraced to create a green sweep of grass an... More on Visitcharlottesville.org

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  • The president of the University of Virginia makes her home at Carr's Hill. When it was being built from 1907 to 1909, the south lawn of Carr's Hill was terraced to create a green sweep of grass and... More on Visitcharlottesville.org

Gabriels Insurrection

Landmarks – Richmond, Virginia

Inscription. Gabriel, a slave of Thomas Prosser of nearby Brookfield plantation, planned a slave insurrection against Richmond on 30 Aug. 1800. The slaves intended to kidnap Governor James Monroe a... More on HMDB

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  • Inscription. Just to the north where Brook Road crosses Brook Run creek was the rendezvous point for the largest U. S. slave revolt ever planned. It was to be here on August 30, 1800, that Gabriel,... More on HMDB

Richmond Defences Kilpatricks Raid

Landmarks – Richmond, Virginia

Inscription. At this point, where the intermediate line of the Richmond defences crossed Brook Road, Confederate forces on March 1, 1864, repulsed Kilpatricks Raid, undertaken to release Federal prisoners in Richmond. On the same ... More on HMDB

Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature

Museums – Richmond, Virginia

Topics: natural history, art, general, science, anthropology, ceramics, ethnic, fossils, gemology, geology, jewelry, minerology, ... More on MuseumStuff.com

Plumb House Museum

Museums – Waynesboro, Virginia

Tour the streets that now cover the grounds of the Battle of Waynesboro. Stop at the Plumb House Museum, which was between the battle lines, and pick up a map and the story of the battle. The map features the battlefield location ... More on Virginia.org

Virginia Living Museum

Museums – Tabb, Virginia

Explore the nature of Virginia, meet live animals in the combination native wildlife park, science museum, aquarium, botanical preserve and planetarium. Virginiaâs natural heritage comes alive at t... More on MuseumsUSA.org

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  • 'Virginia Living Museum' is an open air museum located in Newport News, Virginia that has many living exhibits of Virginia's indigenous species. The exhibits include ... More on Wikipedia

The National

Things To Do – Richmond, Virginia

Enjoy nationally known musical acts at Richmond's newest performance venue. You'll have a great view of the stage from anywhere in the venue and there are several video screens and monitors locate... More on Visitrichmondva.com

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  • Richmond, Virginia?s National Theater, designed by architect Claude K. Howell, who also created many Monument Avenue residences, opened with much fanfare in 1923. It became a part of the then-thriv... More on Virginia.org

Fairy Stone Beach

Campgrounds – Richmond, Virginia

Back in camp we had a wonderful supper and setteled down for the next days plans. More on Wildernet.com

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  • We will go back to see the beautiful mountain larel in bloom this May. More on Wildernet.com

  • My wife wanted to go to Fairy Stone State Park sence she read an aticle in a magazine telling about the 'fairy stones' located there. Opportunity presented itself this spring (March) and we stopped... More on Wildernet.com

Holston Hills Country Club

Golf Courses – Marion, Virginia

This is a good private course with a good staff. More on golflink.com

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  • This is a good private course with a good staff. More on golflink.com

  • This course features hilly fairways. There are many trees and sand bunkers that can alter your shots. Water hazards ... More on Golf.com

Meal Makers

Restaurants – Williamsburg, Virginia

Rivah Bistro

Restaurants – Richmond, Virginia

Open daily for lunch and dinner Rivah Bistro has a casual but elegant atmosphere in an ambience decorated with brick walls enhanced by a wooden bar and outside dining area. The restaurant specializes ... More on Yahoo! Travel

Cactus Cafe

Restaurants – Richmond, Virginia

Bella Fine Lingerie

Landmarks – Williamsburg, Virginia

Bella Fine Lingerie is located in Merchants Square on the histioric Duke of Gloucester adjacent to Colonial Williamsburg. Bella represents some of the world's leading purveyors of fine lingerie, hosiery, loungewear, and sleepwear ... More on Virginia.org