Virginia Curiosities: Quirky Characters Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (Curiosities Series)

Your round-trip ticket to the wildest wackiest most outrageous people places and things the Old Dominion has to offer! Whether youre a born-and-raised Virginian a recent transplant or just passing through Virginia Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Sharon Cavileer takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Old Dominion State. Meet Gary Stiteler owner of Glens Fair Price Store―a curiosity shop that has been open since 1941. Ask him how to get a Confederate uniform or a replica of the famous ball gown worn in Gone with the Wind. Visit the First Peanut Museum in the U.S.A. and learn about the history of the peanut from antique planters and cultivators to peanut scoopers all thanks to the Waverly Womens Club.Relive the glory of the old south at Berry Hill: Wander around the stately white home now a resort and view the free-standing mahogany horseshoe staircase acclaimed as one of the finest stairs in the country.