Perhaps Jefferson's modern tastes and hobbies help explain why Monticello is one of the most popular attractions associated with any U.S. president, hosting a half-million visitors annually. And if a ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — At the call for pictures, members of Thomas Jefferson's family and descendants of his slaves once again crowded between columns of the president's hilltop estate of ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE , VA. — What if, my friend Bruce said, instead of calling this place Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, we called it the forced labor camp of Thomas Jefferson? “It changes the ...

Earlier this year, as part of the Mountaintop Project, curators and restoration staff at Monticello began examining letters, invoices, packing lists and account books to restore Jefferson’s private ...

Feb. 28—A storied estate with an impressive architectural pedigree is for sale in Sewickley Heights. The prominent Pittsburgh architect Benno Janssen designed the former Verner Purnell estate, ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Situated on a mountain top outside Charlottesville, Virginia, is Monticello, a 5,000 acre plantation that was Thomas Jefferson's beloved home. Jefferson was not only the author ...

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, building on the legacy of the UVA founder’s legendary dinner parties, has a series of Feast of Reason events on the schedule for the summer season. “Feasts of Reason ...

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the private nonprofit that owns and operates Monticello, has announced the appointment of Jane Kamensky, PhD, as the new president at Monticello. Kamensky will assume ...

The 2.5-acre ocean-view estate in the exclusive Hope Ranch enclave comes with a trio of finished and climatized garages, plus ...