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Ten Best Virginia Hikes

These Virginia views are worth the hike. The stunning natural beauty of Virginia was one of the great charms to the early settlers, so much so that places like Natural Bridge were seen as New World wonders. To photographer and hiker John Henley, they still are. Henley, a commercial photographer with studios […]

by Staff

A Bedford Treasure

Beale’s Beer crafts beer and barbecue. ODD + EVEN Legend has it, a buried treasure lies hidden in the Blue Ridge near Bedford. The loot was mined by Thomas J. Beale who struck gold in Colorado in the early 1800s. After hiding his treasure, Beale vanished without leaving a map. Rumored to […]

by Madeline Mayhood

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

For 50 years, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts has nurtured the world’s most promising artists. Sera Petras Enter the property known as Mt. San Angelo, just outside of Amherst, and a sign near the cattle guard reads “Cows and Cars Share the Road.” As you hairpin up the hill, your […]

by sarah sargent

Finding Balance

East meets Southwest at Eupepsia Wellness Resort. I can’t pinpoint exactly when Dove squares and Nightingale Ice Cream Sandwiches became a food group in my book, but sugar had me on speed dial, and I knew it was time to regroup. In years past, I’ve taken healthy getaways to Hilton Head Health, […]

by Staff

Along the Garden Trail

Historic Garden Week takes place April 15-22 with the best regional itineraries. Donna Moulton For the garden-centric set, Historic Garden Week (HGW) has crafted a series of regional itineraries to help visitors prioritize must-see stops along this year’s spring tour. Each includes tour-pairings designed to simplify travel planning for the week-long event, which […]

by Madeline Mayhood

Keb Mo Interview

Five-time Grammy-winning blueman shares his passion for music and place. (Photo by Jeremy Cowart) Keb’ Mo’ will be at the Virginia Arts Festival’s Williamsburg Live this June. Tickets: HERE. Konstantin Rega: So I was first introduced to your work by my mother, who gave me your self-titled, 1994 album. How do […]

by Konstantin Rega

Brewing the Landscape

Four Virginia Beers honor the Nature Conservancy. Known as “America’s Founding Forest,” longleaf pines covered more than a million acres in 1607, when the English settlers landed here. Their wood built the boats and houses that launched our nation. Today, with 200 pines remaining at The Nature Conservancy’s Piney Grove Preserve in […]

by Konstantin Rega

Biscuits with the Boss

Ted Lasso’s official shortbread recipe—revealed. In the wildly popular Ted Lasso series on Apple TV+, Jason Sudeikis plays an American football coach from the Midwest tapped to lead AFC Richmond, a fictitious English Premier League soccer team. But the show’s connection to Virginia doesn’t end there. Colin Hutton […]

by Vayda Parrish

Keeping with (Southern) Tradition

Shoo off bad weather or predict your future with century-old rituals. Matt Schmachtenberg Photography Exchanging wedding vows dating back half a millenia isn’t the only tradition that’s alive and well in the South. Here, we take pleasure in doing some things the old-fashioned way. Borrowed and blue? Your grandma did it, too. […]

by Staff

Road Scholar Trips

For seniors, Road Scholar offers learning adventures around the world. Alyssa Bichunsky As a child, Bill Baker remembers learning about the world beyond his Massachusetts home from his uncle. “He was an avid reader who would go on trips, then gather the family for a slideshow.” Today Bill, 79, and his […]

by Sandra Shelley

Finding Legoland

The LEGO Group is coming to Virginia. Like a seventh wonder of the toymaking world, the Denmark-based LEGO Group has broken ground on a new $1 billion factory. The company chose Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam for their sixth location. The seventh? It’s coming to Chesterfield County. “We looked at […]

by Vayda Parrish

World-Class Stargazing

Five Virginia parks earn international “Dark Sky” honors. Joyce Harman 2014 For world-class stargazing, head to one of Virginia’s five Dark Sky Parks. This special designation is awarded by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) to parks around the globe that maintain naturally dark spaces. To date, the IDA has awarded this honor […]

by peggy sijswerda

This New House Has A 300 Year History

This house has a 300-year history; to design it, the architect conjured a backstory. kip dawkins You’d be forgiven for thinking this brick Colonial, located just steps from Duke of Gloucester Street in Colonial Williamsburg, had stood since the 1700s. When architect Erin Webb designed it in 2012, that sleight-of-hand was all part […]

by Constance Costas

MIV: Food Winners

Our 2023 Made in Virginia Awards for Food. Original Black Garlic Worcestershire Sauce Black Garlic Shire Co. In the food world, black garlic is culinary gold—sweet meets savory, with a molasses-like richness and tangy, mellow undertones. It’s like balsamic vinegar had a fling with soy sauce. Black garlic doesn’t […]

by Staff

Ketch Secor Interview

The Barter Theatre announces its 23rd annual Appalachian Festival of Plays & Playwrights. Ken Gray Images This February 23-26, catch Ketch Secor’s musical Hooten Holler (Feb. 23 at 7:00) and many other works by local and national artists. The festival’s mission is to develop an authentic Appalachian canon of theatrical works. A beloved feature […]

by Konstantin Rega

A Weekend in Staunton

Music, arts, theater, and hospitality shine in this small town. Sera Petras Victor Meyer fondly remembers Tuesday night jam sessions at Marino’s Lunch, a Staunton music landmark. The place was variously a grocery store, speakeasy, and gambling parlor before Arline Marino took it over in 1946. When the Marino family launched Tuesday […]

by Amy Brecount White

Virginia’s Historic Interpreters

It’s a 400-year commute for these costumed guides. Photo by Kyle LaFerriere Docents deliver, tour guides can inspire, but a skilled interpreter, outfitted in full period costume, has the power to bring the past vividly to life. For the actors, teachers, and historians who work in the niche field known as “public history,” getting […]

by Kinsey Gidick

James K. Dill Interview

A Richmond author finds inspiration in the idea of home and runs with it. Malone Ridge by James K. Dill. Little Star. pp.364. $17.99 Konstantin Rega: What inspired this work? James K. Dill: I wanted to write a story about coming home and exploring what home really means. I […]

by Konstantin Rega

Roadmap to History

A Depression-era travel guide reveals a hidden Virginia. [‘Library of Congress’, ‘The Crowley Company’] AGC/8b26000/8b266008b26680a.tif Imagine you want to drive from Richmond to Harrisonburg. But it’s 1940 so, instead of Google Maps, you turn to Virginia, a Guide to the Old Dominion, a hardcover book, newly published under President Franklin Roosevelt’s New […]

by Staff

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A New Experience at the Virginia Scenic Railway

Virginia Scenic Railway Adds Dome Car for Spectacular Valley Views The popular Virginia Scenic Railway just upped its game with a vintage dome car offering breathtaking 360° views of the Shenandoah Valley. The “Shenandoah”—built in 1948 as the “Silver Palace” for the California Zephyr—now gives passengers an unmatched vantage point on three-hour excursions from Staunton. […]

by Gabriela de Camargo Gonçalves

Mom Hiked the Appalachian Trail with 13 Kids in Tow

Nikki Bettis stood on the jagged summit outcrop of Shenandoah National Park’s 4,011-foot Stony Man, awed by westward panoramic views. Her heart swelled with emotion as she turned to watch her 13 kids shoulder their loaded backpacks and fall into a clamorous single-file line heading back to the Appalachian Trail (AT). “We were in an […]

by Eric J. Wallace

Williamsburg Archaeologists Uncover Secret Garden

In Colonial America, a grand garden was the ultimate status symbol—the 18th century equivalent of a Lamborghini. So when archaeologists at Colonial Williamsburg uncovered John Custis IV’s property, they struck horticultural gold: the remains of a football field-sized garden alongside his Jacobean manor house. Custis, a tobacco magnate and Martha Washington’s first father-in-law, went all […]

by Madeline Mayhood

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