There is a new statue in the city of Lancaster honoring Scipio Smith, the man who became the city’s first Black business owner in the 1800s.

This week, textbooks have long left out an important piece of labor history that happened here in the mountains. Now, a new ...

It’s been over a month since inmates at one of Virginia’s maximum security correctional centers – Wallens Ridge-- attacked ...

The DNA took us in a very unexpected direction, one we never would have gone without it, said Kari Bruwelheide of the ...

Berkeley Springs has embraced its identity as a wellness destination, with several spas offering treatments that go well beyond the traditional mineral baths. Atasia Spa provides services ranging from ...

Standing proudly on B Street, Piper’s Opera House represents the sophisticated side of Virginia City’s boomtown days. This isn’t some modest frontier theater—it was one of the most acclaimed ...

Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.

Built in 1665, Bacon’s Castle is the nation’s oldest brick dwelling, historians say. Preservation Virginia acquired the castle at auction in the 1970s “and meticulously researched, restored and ...

A study has found that land owned by the city of Richmond, Virginia, possibly contains more than 700 unmarked graves. Some of those graves could belong to Confederate soldiers who died in the ...

Set sail on the Potomac or wander the cobblestone streets of Old Town while learning of the country’s history.

Seeking a better life, nearly 400 Central Virginia residents left the United States and sailed with their families for Africa between 1829 and 1865. They were among 3,700 Virginians who emigrated ...