The Appalachian Trail (A.T.) is a 2,175-mile long footpath stretching through 14 eastern states from Maine to Georgia. Conceived in 1921 and first completed in 1937, it traverses the wild, scenic, wooded, pastoral, and culturally significant lands of the Appalachian Mountains.

On Palm Sunday, 1865, General R. E. Lee surrendered to Lt. General U. S. Grant, signaling the end of the Southern States' attempt to create a separate nation. The surrender set the stage for the emergence of an expanded and more powerful Federal government. In a sense, the struggle between the Feder...

Arlington House was the home of Robert E. Lee and his family for thirty years and is uniquely associated with the Washington and Custis families. George Washington Parke Custis built the house to be his home and a memorial to George Washington, his step-grandfather. It is now preserved as a memorial...

Construction recently finished on the eye-catching structure built to house the Taubman Museum of Art, previously the Art Museum of Western Virginia. Now the three-story facility has room to show both select pieces from its own permanent collection of American and contemporary pieces as well as a di...