Virginia

Top 10 Places

(Pictures and places in bold are places I have been to.)

Manassas National Battlefield Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park

10. Virginia Civil War sites, such as:

      • Manassas National Battlefield Park
      • Richmond and Petersburg National Battlefields
      • Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park

9. Virginia: Mother of Presidents – In addition to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson’s sites listed below, there is also:

      • James Madison’s Montpelier
      • James Monroe’s Oak Hill and Ash Lawn-Highland sites

8. Hampton Roads

      • Norfolk – Battleship Wisconsin, Nauticus Maritime Center – Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Victory Rover Naval Base Cruises, American Rover, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk Botanical Garden
      • Hampton – Fort Monroe National Monument, Casemate Museum of Fort Monroe, Hampton History Museum
      • Virginia Beach – First Landing State Park

7. Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park

6. Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

Shenandoah National Park
Shenandoah National Park

5. Shenandoah National Park (including part of the Appalachian Trail) and Skyline Drive National Scenic Byway

4. Colonial Williamsburg

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

3. Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville – a World Heritage Site, and to be added to this site, on the World Heritage Tentative List, Virginia State Capitol and Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest plantation and plantation house

2. Colonial National Historical Park

      • Jamestown
      • Yorktown
George Washington's Mount Vernon
George Washington’s Mount Vernon

1. George Washington’s Mount Vernon – World Heritage Tentative List

      • George Washington Memorial Parkway
      • George Washington Birthplace National Monument

State Info

A) State Nicknames

      • Mother of Presidents
      • Old Dominion

D) Honorable Mentions

      • Booker T. Washington National Monument
      • Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial

E) Shared Places