Paramount's Kings Dominion rolled out a new roller coaster this spring. The Mobil Travel Guide has bestowed one of the lodging industry's most coveted ratings, the Mobil Five Star award, upon The Jefferson Hotel . The Jefferson was the only new addition to the prestigious list for 2001. The exhibition addresses the history of Jackson Ward, the birthplace of black capitalism and the cultural mecca of black society in the south. The largest collection of Lee artifacts ever assembled, uses letters and documents to explore Lee's life.
Visitors can also rent hourly excursions.
Richmond Civil War Visitor Center at Tredegar Iron Works provides orientation to Richmond's Civil War battlefields, as well as related historic sites and museums. The new Visitor Center provides visitors an opportunity to learn of the importance of the Civil War and its impact on the city of Richmond and its citizensoffer . The evolution of the Tredegar site is illustrated from its beginnings, as one of Richmond's many flour mills to its unique identity as the Confederacy's major supplier of artillery. Be More at the new Children's Museum of Richmond . Adjacent to the Science Museum of Virginia, the new facility expanded from 8,000 square feet to 42,000 square feet.