National Historic Landmark - Five Forks Battlefield

This battle, on April 1, 1865, has been called the Waterloo of the Confederacy. Union troops under Philip Sheridan's command defeated the Confederates under General George Pickett, who had been sent to protect the Southside Railroad, Robert E. Lee's last ...

National Historic Landmark - Elsing Green

Overlooking the Pamunky River, this two story, U-shaped Georgian plantation house was built by Carter Braxton (1736-1797), who resided here from 1760 to 1767. Elsing Green is the only surviving structure associated with Braxton, who is best known for signing ...

National Historic Landmark - Eight Foot High Speed Tunnel

Completed in 1936, this is a significant example of the research facilities created by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the parent agency of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It was the first continuous-flow high-speed wind tunnel able ...

National Historic Landmark - Egyptian Building

Completed in 1845, this was the first building put up especially for the Medical College of Virginia, and remains the oldest medical college building in the South. An exotic edifice, it is considered by many to be the finest Egyptian ...

National Historic Landmark-Drydock Number One, Norfolk Naval Shipyard

The shipyard, established in 1767, is the oldest in the country; the drydock was constructed 1827-1834. During the Civil War, the Union frigate USS MERRIMACK was rebuilt by the Confederates in this drydock, becoming the ironclad CSS VIRGINIA.

National Historic Landmark - Charles Richard Drew House

From 1920 to 1939, this two story clapboard structure was the residence of Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950), the noted black physician and teacher, who is best remembered for his pioneer work in discovering the means to preserve blood plasma. Drew ...

National Historic Landmark- Cape Krusenstern Archeological Site

A series of 114 marine beach ridges, formed at an average of perhaps 60 years each since the time of the highest post-glacial sea level, the district contains the remains of peoples who have inhabited these beaches for 5,000 or ...

National Historic Landmark- Birnirk Site

Composed of a group of 16 mounds arranged in rows roughly parallel to the beach, this site is associated with the Birnirk and Thule cultures, both belonging to the North Alaskan branch of the Northern Maritime tradition, the earliest manifestation ...

National Historic Landmark- Bering Expedition Landing Site

Here naturalist Georg W. Steller, surgeon aboard Vitus Bering's ST. PETER, made the first attempts at contact between Europeans and Alaskan natives.

His investigations are among the first contributions to the West's knowledge of the natural and human history of the ...

National Historic Landmark- Attu Battlefield

Attu was the site of the only World War II battle fought in North America. Its occupation by Japanese troops marked the peak of Japan's military expansion in the North Pacific.

Its recapture by Americans in 1943 was costly for both ...