Location: Staunton
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The 6 Best Sights & Landmarks in Staunton, Virginia (VA)
The city planners in Staunton, Virginia, were very careful to preserve the town's heritage, keeping power lines and cell towers out of view in the historic districts, allowing nothing to interrupt the charm of local restaurants and shops operating out of original Victorian storefronts. Staunton is also the home to the Frontier Culture Museum, The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and the American Shakespeare Center, staging plays at the world's only replica of the Blackfriars Playhouse.
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1. Trinity Episcopal Church
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5.0 based on 113 reviews
Reviewed By 571lend - Staunton, United States
Don't miss this classic church with stained glass by Tiffany. The current building is the third Trinity Church. The original building was the only place the Virginia Legislature ever met other than Richmond. Mr. Jefferson brought the Legislature to Staunton during the Revolutionary war. If you are in town on Sunday feel free to attend services and enjoy an impressive organ and Choir.
2. Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
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5.0 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By archlav - Glenmoore, United States
This is a beautiful building on top of the hill. We came just in time when the mass ended we were inside the church all by ourselves. The stain glass is beautiful. It was very peaceful in there. It is a must visit in the area.
3. Thornrose Cemetery
4. Frontier Culture Museum
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4.5 based on 689 reviews
The Frontier Culture Museum is an outdoor living history museum that tells the story of the thousands of people who migrated to colonial America and of the life they created here for themselves and their descendants. The Museum shows how a new and unique culture evolved in early America from its roots in the Old World. Living History interpreters work in original and reconstructed buildings from Europe, Africa, and America to illustrate how diverse people and cultures blended together into a new American way of life. The Museum operates on about 200 acres with 11 major exhibits divided into 2 sections: The Old World, and America. The Old World exhibits show rural life and culture in four homelands of early migrants to the American colonies. The American exhibits show the life these colonists, slaves, and their descendants created in the colonial back-country, how this life changed over more than a century, and how life in the United States today is shaped by its frontier past.
Reviewed By nfireman - Washington DC, United States
We were visiting Charlottesville for the first time and a coworker recommended this museum. So glad we made the trip, as the golf cart tour was awesome and we went to visit the cute little town of Staunton afterwards. We enjoyed learning the history and seeing the different homesteads--I got some ideas for hobbies I'm going to take up! We learned about slavery in this part of U.S. during the colonial time period, but only because we asked questions about it. I would recommend having that information as a regular part of the tour, as it was a terrible truth of the time. I'd love to come back when everything is in full swing here! Thanks to our great tour guides.
5. Woodrow Wilson Birthplace
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4.5 based on 247 reviews
Reviewed By MissMem - Memphis, United States
Our visit to learn about Woodrow Wilson took us to Staunton VA. Both the birthplace and Presidential Library and Museum are near each other, but one or the other was closed due to Covid. We toured a fascinating facility and learned much about Woodrow Wilson and his presidency. Included information addressed the Suffragettes movement, WWI, his personal life and his presidency at Princeton University among other things. It was time well spent.
