Events at: Battersea

Before the Acela hit 160 miles per hour and turned train travel into a race from one destination to the next, riding the rails was an occasion. Sweeping vistas right outside the window and meals served with silverware made traveling by train an experience—one that a dwindling generation looks back on fondly.  But the Virginia […]

These are just a few more artifacts that make Virginia so much fun. We’ve compiled a short list of Virginia’s most bizarre destinations. Up to Speed. Weighing a mere 34 tons, one of four manganese bronze ship propellers from the S.S. United States once propelled the 990-foot ship, built in 1951 and retired in 1969. […]

For fans who pine for a pilgrimage to the famous antique market in Round Top, Texas, you might not need to travel so far. Tucked up in Leesburg is Lucketts, and perusing their Fall Market, Friday–Sunday, Oct. 11–13, held at the Clark County Fairgrounds in nearby Berryville, is a shopper’s paradise. In its 25th year, […]