Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate and the neighboring Michie Tavern are a must-do day trip in the Charlottesville area.

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Thomas Jefferson’s home was known as “the curiosity of the neighborhood.” But Monticello, the estate of the nation’s third president and founder of the nearby University of Virginia ...

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What impact did Thomas Jefferson have on the genesis of US democracy? How did the third president double the country’s size, and what were his thoughts on slavery?

Virginia may be a purple state these days, but the area around Monticello is still rock-ribbed Jefferson country. Heading south, you can follow Thomas Jefferson Parkway to Jefferson Vineyards.

Journalists and others quickly noted that the website of Monticello — Jefferson’s historic home in Virginia, currently ...

In 1773, Jefferson gifted 193 acres south of Monticello to Filippo ... a winemaking industry in Virginia and the United States. Wine historian Thomas Pinney called him “the greatest patron ...

The University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello have announced the recipients of the 2025 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals, awarded each year to national and ...

I didn’t either until I visited lovely Charlottesville and its Monticello Wine Trail. The first vines were brought to Virginia by Thomas Jefferson at the end of the 18th century. He had ...