Williamsburg and Hampton Roads
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1. Busch Gardens
Amusement Park/Water ParkVoted the world's most beautiful theme park for 26 consecutive years and counting, Busch Gardens features more than 50 rides and attractions...Read More
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2. Jamestown Settlement
Museum/GalleryAdjacent to but distinct from Historic Jamestowne is a mainland living-history museum called Jamestown Settlement. The site marries 40,000 square...Read More
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3. Mariners' Museum
Museum/GalleryA world history of seagoing vessels and the people who sailed them occupies the outstanding Mariners' Museum, inside a 550-acre park. An alliance...Read More
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4. Virginia Air and Space Center
Museum/GalleryThe Virginia Air and Space Center traces the history of flight and space exploration. The nine-story, futuristic, $30 million center is the...Read More
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5. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
Museum/GalleryThis collection, within the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, showcases American "decorative usefulware"—toys, furniture, weather vanes...Read More
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6. Berkeley Plantation
House/Mansion/VillaVirginians say that the first Thanksgiving was celebrated at Berkeley in December 1619, not in Massachusetts in 1621. This plantation was the...Read More
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7. Bruton Parish Church
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe lovely brick Episcopal Bruton Parish Church has served continuously as a house of worship since it was built in 1715. One of its 20th-century...Read More
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8. Capitol
Building/Architectural SiteWilliamsburg was important because it was the location of the Capitol. It was here that the prerevolutionary House of Burgesses (dominated by...Read More
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9. Children's Museum of Virginia
Museum/GalleryThe largest children's museum in the state, the Children's Museum of Virginia has so many hands-on exhibits that teach through activities that...Read More
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10. Chrysler Museum of Art
Museum/GalleryBy any standard, the Chrysler Museum of Art downtown qualifies as one of America's major art museums. The permanent collection includes works...Read More
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11. City Point
Military SiteThe history of City Point includes a Revolutionary War skirmish and 10 months as General Ulysses S. Grant's Union headquarters during the Civil...Read More
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12. Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center
Information CenterThis is the logical first stop at Colonial Williamsburg. Here you can park free; buy tickets; see a 35-minute introductory movie, Williamsburg...Read More
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13. Courthouse
Government BuildingThe original Courthouse of 1770 was used by municipal and county courts until 1932. Civil and minor criminal matters and cases involving slaves...Read More
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14. DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
Museum/GalleryThis museum adds another cultural dimension that goes well beyond Colonial history. Grouped by medium are English and American furniture, textiles...Read More
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15. Duke of Gloucester Street
Neighborhood/StreetThe spine of Colonial Williamsburg's restored area is the broad 1-mile-long Duke of Gloucester Street. Some Saturdays at noon–2:30 pm, the Fifes...Read More
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16. Endview Plantation
House/Mansion/VillaBuilt in 1769 by William Harwood, the Georgian-style house known as Endview Plantation has witnessed momentous events in American history. Situated...Read More
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17. Everard House
House/Mansion/VillaBuilt in 1717 by John Brush, a gunsmith, and later owned by Thomas Everard, who was twice mayor of Williamsburg, this wood-frame house contains...Read More
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18. First Landing State Park
Park (National/State/Provincial)Botanists will have a field day at First Landing State Park, which is inland from the Cape Henry lighthouses and near the army installation...Read More
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19. Fort Monroe
Museum/GalleryThe channel between Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads is the "mouth" of Hampton Roads. On the north side of this passage is Hampton's Fort Monroe...Read More
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20. George Wythe House
House/Mansion/VillaThis home was the residence of Thomas Jefferson's law professor; Wythe was also a signer of the Declaration of Independence. General Washington...Read More
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