Virginia Beach

Offers more than 300 hands-on marine exhibits, including two animal touch pools with stingrays and horshoe crabs. — U.S. News & World Report

Virginia's most-visited state park is a vast 2888-acre woodland with 20 miles of hiking trails, plus opportunities for camping, cycling, fishing, kayaking and swimming. — Lonely Planet

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.  — Atlas Obscura

The center has an extensive library and bookstore (with shelving categories like 'Life after Life' and 'Intuitive Arts'), a full schedule of drop-in lectures, and therapies. — Lonely Planet

English cottage architecture of the period, with a protruding chimney and a steeply pitched roof. The four-room early plantation home has a 17th-century garden with characteristic hedges. — Fodor's

contains photographic exhibits, examples of lifesaving equipment, and a gallery that depicts German U-boat activity off the coast during World War II. — Fodor's

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.  — Atlas Obscura