South
Lexington Visitors Center
www.lexingtonvirginia.com
Natural Bridge
www.naturalbridgeva.com
Previously listed as a Natural Wonder of the World.
South/Southeast
Norfolk Visitor Information Center
www.visitnorfolktoday.com
Chrysler Museum of Art
www.chrysler.org
Langley Research Center
www.nasa.gov/langley
Norfolk Botanical Garden
www.nbgs.org
Houses 175 acres of various flowers and gardens. Home of the Azalea Festival.
Norfolk's Waterside
Stroll the waterfront and visit the shops and restaurants with a view of the Norfolk Harbor. The MacArthur Center features an upscale mall.
Virginia Zoo
www.virginiazoo.org
Virginia Beach
www.visitvirginiabeach.com
Extensive boardwalk; restaurants and shopping.
Newport News Mariners' Museum
www.mariner.org
Jamestown 
www.historyisfun.org
The site of the first permanent English settlement in the United States. Living history museum depicts life in America's first permanent English colony.
Yorktown
www.historyisfun.org
The site of the Revolutionary War surrender of British General Cornwallis.
Williamsburg
www.visitwilliamsburg.com
Visit Busch Gardens ( www.buschgardens.com), Colonial Williamsburg, and the Williamsburg Pottery Factory (www.williamsburgpottery.com).
Colonial Williamsburg
www.colonialwilliamsburg.org
East
Fredericksburg
www.visitfred.com
George Washington's hometown, 100 antique shops, and a National Historic District with more than 350 original 18th- and 19th-century buildings.
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Center (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum)
www.airandspace.si.edu/udvar-hazy-center
Richmond
www.visitrichmondva.com
Virginia's capital city. Historical sites, museums, concert venues, children's activities.
Agecroft Hall
www.agecrofthall.comState Capitol
www.virginiacapitol.govRichmond's most visited spot. Tours offered daily.
Children's Museum
www.c-mor.orgKings Dominion
www.kingsdominion.comLewis Ginter Botanical Garden
www.lewisginter.orgExhibits elaborate lighting displays during the holiday season.
Maymont Park & Estate
www.maymont.orgAmerican Civil War Museum
https://acwm.org/Science Museum of Virginia
www.smv.orgVirginia Museum of Fine Arts
https://vmfa.museum/
North/Northeast
Washington, D. C.
www.washington.org
Smithsonian Institute and associated museums, U.S. Capitol, White House, Arlington Cemetery, Supreme Court and National Zoo. Monuments such as the Washington, Vietnam Veterans, Jefferson and Lincoln. The National Art Gallery, various private art galleries, the Kennedy Center, theaters, historic Georgetown, Old Town Alexandria, and much more.
Mount Vernon
www.mountvernon.org
The 3,000 acres of George Washington's historic estate and burial place are located nine miles south of Alexandria via the George Washington Memorial Parkway.
Middleburg
www.middleburgonline.com
Middleburg, and nearby Leesburg, are charming country towns loaded with antique shops.
West/Northwest
Staunton
www.visitstaunton.com
Pronounced Stan-ton, it is the birthplace of Woodrow Wilson. Staunton's Blackfriars Theater, a recreation of an indoors Elizabethan playhouse, features the internationally acclaimed American Shakespeare Center. The park near downtown has a duck pond, playgrounds, a small train for children and a pool.
Museum of American Frontier Culture
www.frontiermuseum.org
Four working farms, each from a different time and place — 18th-century German and Scotch-Irish farms, a 17th-century English farm, and a 19th-century American farm.
Shenandoah Mountains Area (around I-81)
Grand Caverns
www.grandcaverns.comShenandoah Caverns
www.shenandoahcaverns.comLuray Caverns
www.luraycaverns.comNatural Chimneys Park and Campground
Natural Chimneys Regional Park comprises seven great natural limestone towers.
