Mount Bleak House- Delaplane, VA

Delaplane, Virginia is a largely rural, agricultural area, known today for its many wineries. While not all of them actually produce good wine, they all are impossibly scenic. Most feature vast views of sweeping panoramas, including distant mountains and impossibly quaint stone houses. One such house is Mount Bleak, an 1843 five bay Federal Style farmhouse with a quirky Dutch door, named for its hilltop location. 

While farmed for over two centuries, the land (and house) is now Sky Meadows State Park. While no wine is offered here, occasional house tours of Mount Bleak are available. Even when they’re not, the park offers an excellent opportunity to insert yourself in the undulating landscape, and admire the architecture of a bygone era.