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Red Crooked Sky
4232 Thistle Drive
Portsmouth, VA 23703
Phone1: (757) 483-9121 office
Phone2: (757) 619-0670 cell
Fax: (757) 483-9121
Email: info@redcrookedsky.com
Children Welcome

Red Crooked Sky is a collaborative mix of American Indians, each dedicated to educating and promoting positive cultural awareness through traditional and contemporary dance. The troupe is based in Southeastern Virginia and represents an array of tribes - Cherokee, Sioux, Meherrin, Osage, Pamunkey, Seneca, Monacan, and others. We are also a multi-generational organization consisting of mothers, fathers, and children as members - all who believe and support family development and cultural awareness. Come experience today the traditions of the past and present as we take you on a spiritual and emotional journey like no other!!

Renwood Fields Farm Museum
17575 Sandy Point Road
Charles City, VA 23030
Phone1: (804) 370-9201 Stanley Hula cell
Phone2: (804) 829-5399 Stanley Hula residence
Email: shulajr@hughes.net
Admission Fee
Children Welcome
Pets Welcome

Enjoy a glimpse into the past at Renwood Field’s Farm Museum, a rare collection of tractors, farm implements, trade signs, and feed store display cases dating from the 1860s to 1960s. The collection is comprised exclusively of the finest examples of farm equipment and artifacts from the Richmond region. Children – young and old – will marvel at our antique farm toys and enjoy our friendly donkeys and goats. Open by appointment only, but you are always welcome to stop by and take your chance that we might be in.

Riddick's Folly House Museum
Riddick's Folly House Museum
510 N. Main St.
Suffolk, VA 23434
Phone: (757) 934-0822
Email: riddicksfolly@verizon.net
Opens: 10:00:00 AM
Closes: 5:00:00 PM
Admission Fee
Children Welcome

Riddick’s Folly House Museum (1837) is registered with the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Civil War Trails program. During the Civil War, this Greek-Revival mansion served as headquarters for the Union and features the preserved graffiti of the Union soldiers. Regular educational programs and reenactments populate the museum's calendar. Open Wednesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m and Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed major holidays. Groups rates available for parties of 10 or more; please make reservations.

Rochelle Prince House
22371 Main St.
Courtland, VA 23837
Phone: (804) 654-6785

The Rochelle Prince House was the home of James Rochelle, the clerk of the Southampton County Court during the famous trial of Nat Turner. James Rochelle'e daughter, Mattie, married John Tyler, Jr., son of US President John Tyler. Today, the Rochell Prince House is owned by the Southampton County Historical Society through the generosity of the late Ann Louisa Prince. Although a wing at the rear of the house has been removed, the simple white frame house has changed little since it housed one of Southampton County's more prominent 19th century families. Open: 1st & 3rd Sundays of each month for tours.

Saint John's Episcopal Church
828 Kings Highway
Suffolk, VA 23434
Phone: (757) 255-4168

(1755) Located in the village of Chuckatuck, this building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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