7Cities Spotlight
For those of you who aren't familiar with the various names given to our viewing area, one of the more popular terms when referring to Hampton Roads or Tidewater, is the 7 Cities. Normally 7 Cities refers to the actual 7 main cities (Chesapeake, Hampton, Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg), but for our featured stories, we will include North Carolina getaways since they are just as close for many of our viewers. Why travel out of town when you can find what you're looking for in your own back yard?Everything! From historic attractions such as the Schoolhouse Museum, Historic Fort Huger, Fort Boykin Historic Park, Boykin's Tavern, the Old Courthouse of 1750 and St. Luke's Church (circa 1632) to the Arts Center @ 319 or a tour of a smokehouse at Darden's Country StoreĀ all our attractions and weekly events are free! For details go to: www.VisitSmithfieldIsleofWight.com.
View endangered red wolves. Get up close to a loggerhead turtle and moon jellies. See fish with no eyes and frogs that change colors. Touch live spider crabs and fossilized dinosaur tracks. It's all at the Virginia Living Museum, Newport News, where living exhibits depict Virginia's natural heritage from the mountains to the sea. The Museum introduces visitors to more than 250 living species native to Virginia through exhibits, discovery centers and interactive hands-on exhibits.