 And from there, go to Williamsburg and visit William and Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg. From there, go to Charlottesville and visit Monticello. Then to Madison and Montpelier. And then straight up an hour and a half north to Washington's home in Mount Vernon, very close to Washington, D.C. There's something special about the state of Virginia in American history. The story of Captain John Smith, here on Our American Stories.