Boasting a mix of architectural styles like Queen Anne and Colonial Revival, this historic district home to Roanoke's first public park, Highland Park, and the Beth Israel Synagogue, with commercial areas concentrated along Franklin Road.
You can spend time studying the exhibits at Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. Attend a sporting event or discover the area's mountain views.
A 100-foot star crowns Mill Mountain, glowing above the valley like a celestial nightlight. Take the Blue Ridge Parkway for mountain vistas that explain why locals never seem to leave. The Taubman Museum's angular architecture houses impressive collections in a building that looks like it might transform into a robot. At the Virginia Museum of Transportation, vintage locomotives gleam as if expecting their next journey. Center in the Square packs multiple museums into one downtown block, including the delightfully analog Pinball Museum. The historic Farmers Market bustles with vendors whose families have sold produce here for generations. After dark, catch live music at the Jefferson Center, where the acoustics make even amateur musicians sound professional.
Spend time appreciating the theater scene, the live music and the museums in Roanoke.
Plan a fun excursion to Berglund Center and The River Rock while here. There's plenty more to see, including sights like Center in the Square and Taubman Museum of Art.
