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Unique Neighbourhoods Richmond

8 Reviews The Fan, centred on Monument Avenue, is named for the fanning street pattern in which the neighborhood was built upon. The neighbourhood has several small parks and playgrounds that have been placed...

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Skyline Richmond

6 Reviews Another good vantage point is the observation deck of the new (in Richmond terms) City Hall. Since 11 September 2001, you sign in on the ground floor and then take the lift up to the 17th floor...

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Azalea Mall Richmond

1 Review Azalea Mall was Richmond's first enclosed shopping centre when it opened in Richmond's Northside in 1963. In its heyday, it was anchored by Woolco, Thalhimer's, and Woolworth's. There was also a Food...

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Famous Foods of Virginia Cookies Richmond

1 Review This is one Richmond institution that stubbornly hangs on in the ashes of Miller & Rhoads, Thalhimer's, Azalea Mall, and Sixth Street Marketplace. Since 1899, the sweet smells of the Famous Foods of...

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Closed down restaurants Richmond

2 Reviews Restaurant Name: Brasilian Cafe (closed: late 2005) Ironically enough, this short-lived Brazilian restaurant was located cattywampus from the J.E.B. Stuart statue on Monument Avenue. Maciek, Urszula,...

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Statues & Monuments Richmond

5 Reviews One of the most interesting facts that I learned during my tour of the Virginia Capital building is that Virginia has the largest number of Presidents of the United States! George Washington Thomas...

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Cloverleaf Mall Richmond

3 Reviews In its heyday (from the 1970s through to the late 1990s), there were 78 stores including 3 anchor department stores, a movie house, and a whole bunch of specialty and clothing stores. The downfall...

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Capitol Extension Richmond

2 Reviews From late 2004 through to spring 2007, Capitol Square underwent a massive renovation. That's why I couldn't take some of y'all on a Capitol tour when you came to Richmond. Visitors used to enter the...

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Historical Sites Richmond

6 Reviews Some people say that constructing new buildings at or near the Jackson Ward area is a sacrilege and it encroaches on the neighbourhood. The best option is to revitalise old delapidated buildings with...

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Sixth Street Marketplace Richmond

1 Review Built in 1985, Sixth Street Marketplace was an enclosed 3-level shopping centre spanning 3 city blocks. There were several kiosks and shops including a food court. Connects the Carpenter Centre, the...

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Richmond Flood Wall Richmond

1 Review The Richmond Flood Wall serves as a protective concrete wall against a sizeable flood. The flood wall is 15-25 feet (4.6-7.6 m.) tall. The Flood Wall has two overlooks on the Southside and several...

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Rite of passage every four years Richmond

1 Review Every four years in Virginia, a new governor takes office. As of January, 2010, Virginia is the last state in the union not to allow governors to immediately succeed themselves. The only governor to...

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Miller & Rhoads and Thalhimer's Richmond

1 Review Folks, I'm not real big on shopping, but Miller & Rhoads and Thalhimer's were real downtown Richmond institutions. I can remember when I was real young, in the days before there was a Taco Bell on...

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personal memories Richmond

6 Reviews Sadly, Andy couldn't stay with us all day for the grand tour because of a long honey-do list (for those on the Left Bank, that's a long list of small errands wives or girlfriends give their husbands.)...

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Easter Parade Richmond

1 Review This is not the kind of parade where you have some guy dressed like the Easter bunny riding a float with an off-key high school band in tow. At this party, it's the folks who make the parade. The...

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Surprisingly international cuisine Richmond

1 Review Richmond is most well-known for its monuments to Confederate heroes, being the national capital of the Confederacy, its park-like Capitol Square, the architecture of many old buildings, and its sense...

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Jackson Ward Richmond

1 Review Known as the Harlem of the South, Jackson Ward is known for its strong black heritage and culture. It is on the National Register of Historic Places, allowing for generous tax credits for people...

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C.F. Sauer's Richmond

2 Reviews While every old Richmond institution seems to be going by the wayside: even FFV Cookies is moving to a different part of the state, the Sauer's plant still remains at 2000 West Broad Street where it...

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Richmond Fire Department Richmond

1 Review Every once in a while, while on my travels, I get the opportunity to see America's civil servants in action, yet often we forget to recognize the men and women of this country who put their lives at...

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Old CNB building Richmond

1 Review At one time, the old CNB building was the tallest building in the city until the Federal Reserve building and the Monroe building were built. The thing that made the Central National Bank building...

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Markel building Richmond

1 Review This isn't really a fondest memory, folks, but just something that sticks out like a watermelon in a bowlful of chickpeas. I'm not a devotee of architecture, sport fans, but I know an ugly building...

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Old City Hall Richmond

1 Review Although I did not get the chance to go inside the building, one of the most prominent Gothic style architectures in town is the Old City Hall. Located on 1001 Broad Street, it is a very central...

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Mounted Police Richmond

1 Review Richmond is one of very few American cities that still has a mounted police unit. Oftentimes, they assign mounted police to cover large gatherings. Lee, Christian, and I saw two officers on horseback...

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A.P. Hill Monument Richmond

1 Review On 2 April 1865, Confederate General Ambrose Powell Hill, fell near Petersburg mortally wounded by Corporal John W. Mauck of Pennsylvania. As Richmond was being evacuated, Hill's men tried without...

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Art on Display Richmond

1 Review To be fair, Oregon Hill isn't the only place in Richmond to find murals. There are plenty near the VCU campus, for example, but these two on the edges of Oregon Hill really stand out. The first one is...

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Virginia Lighthouses

by grandmaR

Some of my favorite Chesapeake Bay lighthouses are in Virginia.Old and New Point Comfort - Old Point Comfort was one of the first Virginia lighthouses that I saw and it is still an active lighthouse. It was a good long time before I got to see New Point Comfort which is a considerable distance away from Old Point Comfort and has been inactive.Old and New Cape Henry on the other hand are quite close together, and the lighthouse currently in use is the new one.Wolf Trap is red and has a concert facility in Virginia named for it. (The shoal itself was named for the Wolfe, a 350-ton vessel of the Royal British Navy that ran aground here in 1691)Smith Point on the Virginia side of the Potomac which is one we pass every time we leave the Potomac to go south on the Chesapeake.We even made a special trip in 2011 to see Asseteague Lighthouse. Some I have made paintings of some of my favorites,...

Norfolk

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Norfolk is the center of the largest metropolitan area in Virginia, with about 1,670,000 inhabitants in the Greater Norfolk area. Other major cities that are part of the metropolitan area include Hampton, Newport News, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach. Newport is strategically located on a peninsula where the James and Elizabeth rivers flow into Chesapeake Bay. According to legend, the site where Norfolk was established was once a Chesipean Indian village called Skicoak. However, in reality Skicoak was probably located across the river in what is today Newport News, and what is now Norfolk was probably either corn fields or woodland.In 1607, English colonists established the Jamestown Colony about 45 miles (72 kilometers) upriver from what is now Norfolk. Between 1680 and 1681, the townsite of Norfolk was laid out by John Ferebee, the surveyor of Lower Norfolk County, on land that had...

PEAKS OF OTTER LODGE AND RESTAURANT

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Nestled between two of the three mountains that make up the Peaks of Otter, is the PEAKS OF OTTER LODGE AND RESTAURANT located at Milepost 86 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Bedford, Virginia.Open year round, the Lodge, completed in 1964, is the flagship of a chain of visitor concessions strung along the Virginia portion of the Parkway. A beautiful and rustic resort, it offers stunning vistas of both Peaks of Otter - Sharp Top and Flat Top. Miles of hiking trails and an excellent restaurant are just two of the highlights of the "Peaks". the Lake Trail around Abbott Lake is especially photogenic and there is a good chance of seeing some wildlife.The day we stopped here, the Lodge was very busy as it was lunch time and many were there to dine in the restaurant. We strolled through the Lodge and found the back where there was a lovely walkway around the Lake.

Well, I don't know that 'YOU...

by Kentbein

Well, I don't know that 'YOU Absoluterly Must' as the VT caption states, but, My favorite things about Virginia are my daughter and little boy And since they ARE my all time favorite things on this planet, I'm taking the liberty of including them on my page! My apologies to all of you. I know that seeing my family photos is NOT exactly what you had in mind coming to this travel site. But........

Virginia

by grandmaR

When we get to Smith Point on our boat, we know we have rounded the corner into Virginia. The Potomac River, up to the Virginia shore actually belongs to Maryland.Under Things To Do in Virginia, I've made a separate tip for my pages in the Hampton Roads area (Norfolk) These are the less traveled, scattered locations in Virginia when I have pages.Individual locations- in alphabetical order: [1st number is tips, 2nd is photos and 3rd is travelogue/narratives] Ashland 3 11 0 Bloxoms Corner 2 5 0 which is about the Salt Ponds area near Hampton. Bowling Green 0 2 0 Chantilly 1 4 0 Charlottesville 2 32 1 Coles Point 4 11 0 across the Potomac. Culpepper 0 1 0 Dahlgren 0 1 0 Deltaville 20 49 4 We've come here twice by boat Fairport 4 19 1 Fleeton 3 34 2 Fredericksburg 5 16 0 Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park 5 28 0 Goucester 5 9 0 (on the way...

Evans Farm Inn, part 1

by b1bob

Since this restaurant closed down in late 1999 (I ought to know because I was part of the crew responsible for liquidating the fixtures & equipment), it would not be right to put it under "Restaurants" in the main part of the page. It was an island of country living and cooking in the middle of an increasingly urban area. The restaurant looked like a farm house. There were green, rolling hills and a petting zoo. The "no parking" signs said, "Thou Shalt Not Park". The food was an upscale version of the country cooking on which I grew up. Their spoon bread was great. I bought the cookbook myself at the auction. Here's the recipe:EVANS FARM INN SPOON BREAD2 cups milk 1 tablespoon butter1 cup corn meal 1 teaspoon salt2 eggs separatedScald milk and add corn meal. Add egg yolks, butter and salt. Continue to cook until smooth and thick. Remove from heat and stir in beaten egg whites. Bake in...

county lines

by davecallahan

Virginia is chopped up into 95 counties, each with their own government and political goals. Besides that, there are another 40 cities that are independent of each other and independent from the counties. So that makes over 130 jurisdictions vying for state dollars and tourist income. No wonder there are so many tourist sights and welcome centers in this state. To make things even more confusing, Bedford, Fairfax, Franklin, Richmond, and Roanoke are both counties and cities and the places with the same name do not necessarily work together very well.the 95 counties are:Accomack,Albemarle,Alleghany,Amelia,Amherst,Appomattox,Arlington,Augusta | Bath,Bedford,Bland,Botetourt,Brunswick,Buchanan,Buckingham | Campbell,Caroline,Carroll,Charles City,Charlotte ,Chesterfield, Clarke,Craig,Culpeper,Cumberland | Dickenson,Dinwiddie Essex,Fairfax,Fauquier,Floyd,Fluvanna,Franklin,Frederick |...

Lee, Christian, and Nat's excellent adventures

by b1bob

Not only did I show Christian around Richmond and other parts of Virginia, but Lee gipper84 helped me. I guess this could be classified as a mini-VT meeting, but it was fun just the three of us. Lee first met us at Main Street Station on Christian's second full day in central Virginia. We toured that and St. John's Church (where Patrick Henry gave his famous speech). Then, we toured some lesser known places: the vantage point from the old WRVA station in Church Hill and Lee showed us the unusual architecture of bank street downtown. After completing the food ministry for church, we were off to the Cold Harbor National Battlefield. We ate supper at Sugar & Spice, one of our favourite restaurants. Christian liked it as much as Lee and I do. After Lee's night class, we went to the Krispy Kreme doughnut shop on Broad Street. Christian saw the doughnuts being made and displayed in the case....

Old Time Petrol station

by b1bob

In case there was any doubt that Virginia is good at preserving history, you need look no further than the small Northern Neck town of White Stone. There, they preserve an old-time petrol station complete with 1940s style pumps. It harkens back to an era when full-service meant just that...and with a smile. en español, em português

Impressive architecture in Reedville

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Reedville presents historic Victorian mansions built by factory owners and fishing boat captains. Main Street was known as "Millionaire's Row," home to wealthy fishermen who made their fortunes from the menhaden that was common in the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay. I am told the Reedville Museum, which was closed at the time Lee, Christian, and I walked through here, offers self-guided walking tours. en español, em português

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The Jefferson Hotel Richmond

8 Reviews and 281 Opinions the jefferson hotel was built in 1895 by tobacco tycoon lewis ginter. ginter hired the famous...

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Williamsburg Inn Williamsburg

5 Reviews and 134 Opinions I couldn't afford to stay here. But if you want luxury, and are willing to spend $300 or more per...

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Embassy Suites Alexandria Old Town Alexandria

6 Reviews and 280 Opinions Only 2 stops off the metro line from DCA airport, 8 minute trip, can't beat that to the airport! The...

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