Tuckahoe Plantation, seven miles west of Richmond on River Road in Goochland County. Architectural historians consider Tuckahoe the finest existing early-18th-century plantation in America. Built by Thomas Randolph in 1712, grounds include the school where Thomas Jefferson studied.

Goochland County Historical Society: Library houses books, records, pictures, maps and documents. A nearby stone jail features exhibit on Goochland history from 1700 to 2000.

A SECRET IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY
Goochland Farmer’s Market offers local produce and products each Saturday through October.

LIVING HERE
Goochland is a county of contrasts, with country stores amid corporate headquarters and modest, rural living abutting the estates of some of metro Richmond’s wealthiest families.