Sightseeing and Tours in Blacksburg, VA

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This 1770s Tidewater Plantation style house stands on its original foundation and is the birthplace of two Virg...

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The Montgomery Museum focuses on the history of southwestern Virginia, especially Montgomery County. It features ...

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The Christiansburg Institute was founded in 1866 by Union Captain Charles S. Schaeffer an agent of the Freedman's...

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Director, Agricultural Extension Services 1919-1945 President 1945-1947 Chancellor 1947-1956 President, VPI Foundatio...

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Dean, School of Engineering 1928-1952 Director, Engineering Experiment Station 1932-1952 An engineer, educator, admin...

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In this town occurred the duel between Thomas Lewis and John McHenry in May, 1808. This was the first duel with rifle...

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The Brush Mountain Coal Miners Memorial is a black granite monument that celebrates the lives and spirits of the ...

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Chair, Civil Engineering 1896-1905 Dean, Department of Engineering 1904-1905 A distinguished engineer, educator, and ...

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The Flossie Martin Gallery is a state-of-the-art facility with 2000 feet of exhibition space. It features histori...

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Student, 1917-1920, 1921-1922 Six years after graduating from VPI, Fred Durham bought the C. Lee Cook Company, which ...

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It originated as a railroad town in 1856 and was known as Central. In 1862-65 this section was in the range of Union ...

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Learn about your watershed A watershed or drainage basin, is the area of land where all the water that drains off it ...

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White Cemetery is a beautifully maintained graveyard. It originally started as small family plot but expanded to ...

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This park is a walking trail through a part of the old Merrimac Coal Mines. This mine was one of the oldest anthr...

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Historic Smithfield Plantation