Located 140 mi/225 km west of Richmond, Roanoke, Virginia, is an important stop on the Blue Ridge Parkway and the gateway to southwestern Virginia, a wide-ranging region of mountains and resorts.
In town, visit the various museums—devoted to art, history and science—housed in a vintage 1914 warehouse called Center in the Square.
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