5Monticello, Virginia
Thomas Jefferson inherited a 5,000-acre tobacco and mixed crops plantation when his father died. It is located on Thomas Jefferson Parkway in the Piedmont region right outside Charlottesville, Virginia. Jefferson designed the main house using neoclassical design principles and named it Monticello.
He owned the property until some time in 1923 when he sold the estate to the TJT or Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Today it is a museum and a national historic landmark. Since 1987 it has also been an official UNESCO World Heritage Site. Jefferson’s body was interred in what’s now known as the Monticello Cemetery.
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