Less than five minutes off Main Street in Waynesboro rests a century-and-a-half-old farmhouse called Rose Cliff. Historians guess that the original structure dates back to the 1850s when the Brooks
It wasn’t until the 1960s that Virginia started trying to manage the flow of stormwater to prevent flooding. The goal back then was to quickly and efficiently get the water
Sometimes we gain insight for moving forward by taking a look back. The Frontier Culture Museum, located on Richmond Road in Staunton, shows visitors how the first settlers in Virginia
Japanese knotweed is an invasive herbaceous perennial that forms large dense clumps of a stout, shrub-like plant between 3-9 feet tall. The stems are reddish in color, ridged, jointed and
When we talk about history we usually focus on the past of humans, but nature has a history too – and sometimes it’s surprising. Take, for instance, Maple Flats seasonal
Next time you travel down Interstate 81/64 or U.S. Highway 11, scan the Blue Ridge Mountains southeast of Greenville. If you look carefully you may spot a large tan-colored, rectangular
