Herbert & Lou Henry Hoover’s Rapidan Camp
Rapidan Camp was the “Camp David” of its day. Later known as Camp Hoover, it was the presidential retreat of U.S. President Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou Henry Hoover. The Hoovers were looking for …
Tag: Virginia
James Madison Museum of Orange County
The James Madison Museum of Orange County honors our 4th President, Father of the Constitution, and author of the Bill of Rights, James Madison. In addition, it collects artifacts of Orange County, Virginia’s history and …
Scenes from the Western Side of Virginia
Here is another collection of random things we saw in the Western end of Virginia that were interesting but not worthy of their own post. The ruins of James Barbour’s mansion, located in Barboursville, Virginia, …
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV) was an unexpected delight. We went more because the reviews were very good as opposed to thinking that it sounded like fun. And while the museum turned out …
National D-Day Memorial
Doug and I arrived early to the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va., planning to take the first tour of the day. We made our way through their small museum, and then I ran over …
The University of Virginia
Doug and I went to the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville primarily to see the beautiful Rotunda designed by Thomas Jefferson, but also to see the (alleged) Edgar Allan Poe Room, the “Declaring Independence …
VMI Museum at the Virginia Military Institute
The VMI Museum at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va., is small museum honoring the history of the institute, and showcasing an impressive firearms collection that was donated to them. The museum dates to …
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson in Virginia
I was in fairly high hopes about our Confederacy experiences-to-be after our stop at the White House of the Confederacy, but visits to Stonewall Jackson sites in Virginia put an end to that expectation. We …
Belle Grove Plantation
We went to Belle Grove Plantation in Middletown, Va., because it showed up on “best plantations in the U.S.” lists…except it doesn’t, actually. While we were touring it I was thinking “really, this is a …
Luray Caverns
Visiting Luray Caverns in Luray, Va., had me thinking of the line delivered by Randal Graves in Clerks: “This job would be great if it wasn’t for the [bleeping] customers.” For Luray Caverns would be …