There are a multitude of things to see in Norfolk, VA. It is after all one of the biggest historical region in Hampton Roads. The British colony and the native Indians planted a significant historical piece that till this very day still enchants visitors and historians alike who step foot on the land.

Norfolk, VA is located on the Elizabeth River, in Hampton Roads. It is a large natural harbor located at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. Norfolk is one of seven cities that together constitute the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, officially known as Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News. Norfolk is considered to be the historic, urban and the cultural center of Hampton Roads, surrounded by the independent Virginia municipalities of Virginia Beach, Hampton, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Newport News and Chesapeake.

Norfolk, VA has transformed its history rich land into cultivating the interests of locals and visitors alike, not only to enjoy but to be educated as well. The richness of its history has in fact founded many facilities to develop around Norfolk where people can come and be immersed in the history that makes Norfolk and Hampton Roads unique to American history. Such facilities include Nauticus - the national Maritime center, Spirit of Norfolk, Chrysler Museum of Arts, and a lot more.

USS Wisconsin, the battleship used during World War 2 to fight the up rise of Japan is docked permanently at the Nauticus for public viewing. A lot of these artifacts are proudly displayed in museums around Norfolk. The battleship is a magnificent piece of artifact that reminds how America was shaped into what it is today.

Norfolk has a long history as a strategic military and transportation point. Norfolk is home to Norfolk Naval Base, the world's largest naval base, and corporate headquarters of the Norfolk Southern Railway, one of North America's principal Class I railroads. As it is surrounded by multiple bodies of water, Norfolk has many miles of riverfront and bay front property, and is linked with its neighbors by an extensive network of Interstate highways, bridges, tunnels, and bridge-tunnel complexes.

Did you know that residents in the Hampton Roads region, Norfolk included, have a distinct accent unlike anywhere in the United States? The linguistic features of its residents is intimately connected to their British roots since the arrival of the first English settlers in Ranoake Island, 1585, modern day North Carolina. Up till today, no one has been able to agree on how to pronounce the word “Norfolk,” although residents of Norfolk are fierce to defend that their way is the only right way.