The Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center in Virginia Beach is a large, educational facility featuring over 800,000 gallons of aquariums and habitats housing more than 300 species, including sharks, rays, sea turtles, river otters, harbor seals, and Komodo dragons.
Douthat State Park covers 4,500 acres across Bath and Alleghany counties in Virginia's Allegheny Mountains, one of the state's original six parks opened in 1936 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its Civilian Conservation Corps-built facilities.
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond, Virginia, opened in 1936 and is one of the largest comprehensive art museums in the United States.
The Jamestown District, also known as the Jamestown Magisterial District, is located within James City County, Virginia, near the historic site of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America established in 1607.
The Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, Virginia, is a vibrant arts venue housed in a 100-year-old former naval munitions plant that produced torpedoes during World Wars I and II.
Staunton River Battlefield State Park is a 300-acre Civil War historic site straddling Charlotte and Halifax Counties in Virginia, USA, near Randolph, preserving the site of the June 23, 1864, Battle of Staunton River Bridge where about 938 Confederate reserves—old men, young boys, and home guards—successfully repelled 5,000 Union cavalry led by Generals Wilson and Kautz aiming to burn the vital railroad bridge supplying General Lee's besieged army at Petersburg.
Grayson Highlands State Park covers 4,502 acres in Grayson County, Virginia, near Mount Rogers, the state's highest peak at 5,729 feet, and Whitetop Mountain, offering stunning alpine-like views above 5,000 feet amid grassy balds, rhododendron thickets, spruce-fir forests, and wildflower meadows.
Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park is a 1-acre historic site in Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA, housed in a stunning 1895 Queen Anne-style Victorian mansion built for former Attorney General Rufus A. Ayers using local limestone, sandstone, and original red oak interiors.
Shenandoah River State Park, officially Raymond R. Andy Guest Jr. Shenandoah River State Park, covers over 1,600 acres along 5.2 miles of the South Fork Shenandoah River shoreline in Warren County near Bentonville, Virginia, USA, about 8 miles south of Front Royal.
The Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach is home to one of the world's largest private collections of World War I and World War II military aircraft, many of which are maintained in flying condition.
Natural Bridge, Virginia, is a small unincorporated community named after the stunning natural limestone arch that rises 215 feet above Cedar Creek, which carved out the arch over centuries.
First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach is a 2,888-acre park named for the site where English colonists first landed in 1607 before establishing Jamestown.
