Located twenty miles north of Lynchburg, The Amherst County Museum & Historical Society aims to preserve the history of Amherst County, Virginia through the exhibition of our collections and the operation of a genealogy research library. Housed in a 1907 Georgian home, the Amherst County Museum maintains two rooms of changing ...

Just a short thirty minute drive to the east, The Appomattox County Historical Museum is located in the Court House Square. The Appomattox County Historical Museum was previously a jail started in 1895 and completed in 1897. It was the third jail to have been built in Appomattox County and was ...

Just twenty miles east of Lynchburg, The Appomattox Court House National Historical Park commemorates the heroic acts which took place in April of 1865 in this, the original village, to bring about the end of the Civil War. The walking tour allows you to see all buildings which are original ...

Thirty-five minutes east of Lynchburg, visit the renovated "Electric Company" circa 1880, that has been converted to a large gallery featuring local art and crafts. Also see working artists create in the "Artspace", visit the pet boutique "Pawcasso" and have lunch with an artistic flair at the "Artisan Cafe".

Just forty minutes west of Lynchburg, stately mansion built circa 1838 as manor house for 40-acre plantation. Destinguished guests included General Robert E. Lee and Edgar Allen Poe. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places and Virginia Landmarks Register. Restoration underway. Tours by appointment.Available for private parties/receptions.

Just a short forty minute drive south of Lynchburg, Avoca, the principal architectural landmark of the Town of Altavista, is an American Queen Anne-style house, designed by architect J.M.B. Lewis and built in 1901. Designated a Virginia Historic Landmark and listed in the National Register of Historic Places, Avoca is ...

Just a short thirty miles drive west, the Church building erected in 1838 as first Meeting House for Methodists in the town of Liberty. From 1886 it served a black congregation as St. Phillips Episcopal Church and was purchased by the Bedford Historical Society in 1970 and renovated. Listed on ...

Located thirty miles west of Lynchburg, The Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library building was built in 1895 as a Masonic Temple. This is the only example of Romanesque Revival architecture in Bedford and is impressive with its multi-colored brick, stone archways, terra cotta ornamentation and bay windows. The museum showcases ...

Thirty miles west of Lynchburg, the Bedford Wine Trail welcomes you. A great Virginia weekend getaway that is only four hours from Washington D.C. and Northern Virginia, three hours from Richmond, Virginia and Raleigh, North Carolina and only two hours from Greensboro, North Carolina. Enjoy the scenery of the Blue ...

Located approximately sixty miles southwest of Lynchburg near Smith Mountain Lake, this site is maintained by the National Park Service. Washington, the founder of the Tuskegee Institute, was an orator, author and presidential advisor.