Rachel Beanland's The House Is on Fire, which chronicles the burning of a theater and its tumultuous aftermath in Virginia in 1811, checks off all those elements while also tackling the rampant ...

Lined by catalpa trees heavy each spring with showy bell-shaped flowers, the long driveway of an 800-acre estate in Buchanan, Virginia, reaches a restored Greek Revival mansion and into the ...

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 ...

Oak Ridge Bridge was initially erected in 1882 and was one of the oldest active bridges in Virginia. The truss bridge was actually moved to the site from its previous use, which, according to ...