Day trips don’t have to be dull. For an adventure filled with history and unique architecture, Bacon’s Castle, also known as the Arthur Allen House, fits the bill. Located in Surry, Va., the home is ...

As far as anyone knows, Nathaniel Bacon, who led an uprising against Colonial governor Sir William Berkeley in 1676, never actually set foot on this onetime plantation, and the structure doesn’t ...

BACON’S CASTLE, VA. – Darrell Craig Rickmond Sr., 83, passed away Friday, Jan. 07, 2011, at Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, after a brief illness. Craig was born ...

Bacon's Castle was called a castle because, at the time, it was about 14 times the size of what was considered a normal house. But that just means there’s more room for the spirits to roam around.