Civil War; The Battle of Stanardsville
Virginia oozes history – every town has associations with the Revolution or the Civil War and no more so than Richmond, the once capital of the confederacy and now the capital of the state.
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Mid-Atlantic States
The Museum of Frontier Culture
For us, space was the final frontier. In Southeast America in the 1700s, the final frontier was overcoming the mountains. By the 1730s the Valley of Virginia was home to many settlers from England, Ireland, and Germany
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Hiking the Appalachian Trail in Virginia
What better way to work off Virginia’s food and cultural excesses than on the Appalachian Trail – a 2,175-mile footpath along the ridge-crests and valleys of theAppalachian Mountains traversing 14 states from Maine to Georgia.
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The Rise and Fall of the Rust Belt: Ep 2: Boom to Bust
America’s Great Lakes, with an abundance of coal, iron ore, and lots of water, fuelled an unparalleled industrial revolution. The
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The Rise and Fall of the Rust Belt: Ep 1: American Titans
America’s Great Lakes, with an abundance of coal, iron ore, and lots of water, fuelled an unparalleled industrial revolution. The
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