Virginia

By Travelog Editorial Team · Updated August 8, 2026

Virginia is live on Travelog with one city, Charlottesville, home to Monticello and the University of Virginia, inscribed by UNESCO in 1987 under criteria (i), (iv), and (vi). This is the only UNESCO listing pairing a private home with a university, both designed by Thomas Jefferson, and the university remains the only academic institution on the entire World Heritage List.

Charlottesville's UNESCO story is genuinely unique, the only listing pairing a home with a university, both by the same architect, covered in full below.