Richmond itself was largely destroyed duing the Civil
War; today it's a small city, with some good museums,
and is the best starting point for seeing Virginia. The
bulk of the colonial sites are concentrated just to the
east, in what is known as the Historic Triangle. Here
the remains of Jamestown, the original colony, Williamsburg
, the restored colonial capital, and Yorktown , site
of the final battle of the Revolutionary War, lie within
half an hour's drive of each other. Another historic
center, Thomas Jefferson's Charlottesville, sits at the
foot of the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains , an hour west
of Richmond. An attractive small college town in its
own right, it's also within easy reach of the natural
splendors of Shenandoah National Park and the little
towns of the western valleys. Northern Virginia , often
visited as a day-trip from Washington DC, features several
posh suburbs and a number of restored historic homes,
the closest colonial architecture to the capital in Alexandria,
and Manassas, the scene of two important Civil War battles.
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