Arthur L. Williams StadiumLynchburg, Virginia

Year-round ski and snowboard facility located high on the university's mountain.

💡 An incredible spot for mountain views and some unique outdoor fun before a night game.

Thomas Jefferson's only other personally designed home — a neoclassical octagonal villa he used as a private retreat — offers guided and self-guided tours of the restored house, Wing of Offices, ornamental grounds, and the 1857 slave dwelling.

💡 Tours run March through November (10am–5pm); also open mid-January through February and December 1–30. Arrive early on weekends as guided docent slots fill up. The site is closed on Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.

A remarkable 27-acre living history park — Virginia's oldest municipal cemetery still in use (est. 1806) — featuring five onsite museums including the Victorian Mourning Museum and Pest House, plus extensive rose collections and Civil War history.

💡 Grounds open dawn to dusk every day at no charge. Cemetery Center and Victorian Mourning Museum open Tuesday–Saturday 10am–3pm and Sunday noon–4pm. Guided specialty tours (Civil War, African American history, horticulture) cost $10/person with a $100 minimum and require advance booking via occ@gravegarden.org.

A beautifully preserved Federal-style mansion (c. 1815) perched above the James River, once home to physician George Cabell Sr., offering guided house tours on select Saturdays and freely accessible ornamental grounds year-round.

💡 Grounds are free and open dawn to dusk year-round. Guided house tours run on select Saturdays 10–11:30am, March through December; adults $8, youth (6–17) $4, under 6 free. Group tours on other days require advance appointment — call (434) 455-6226 or email museum@lynchburgva.gov. Parking is off Norwood Street.

The authentically restored home and garden of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer — a National Historic Landmark — including her writing cottage Edankraal and the only known restored garden of an African American. A new visitor and education center opened in April 2026.

💡 The garden and new visitor center are open daily 6am–7pm at no charge. Interior house and cottage tours require a reservation (call 434-845-1313 or book via annespencermuseum.org); house tour admission applies. Allow 45–60 minutes for a full visit.