Charlottesville is the best of Virginia squeezed into one small town. We’re talking shops your mom loves, outdoor concerts, great wine, Starr Hill lager, Thomas Jefferson and bricks. Lots of bricks. The place is cute as hell. Every time you go, you think, “I could live here, if only it were a little bigger.” But then it would be Richmond, and it would be ruined.

Second Place: Williamsburg

Third Place: Washington