Attractions

Of Bug-Eyes & Skipjacks

On Water Street adjacent to the Yorktown Riverwalk Landing, the Watermen's Museum (tel. 757/887-2641) displays a bug-eye, a skipjack, a dug-out canoe, and other working boats unique to the Chesapeake Bay, plus oyster harvesting tools and other equipment used by the region's famous "watermen" to earn their livings. Admission is $4 for adults, $1 for students, free for kids younger than 6. It's open April through November, Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm, Sunday 1 to 4pm; weekends only in winter.

You can get out on the water with Yorktown Cruises (tel. 757/229-6244; www.yorktowncruises.com), whose sightseeing trips get underway from Yorktown Riverwalk. The 1-hour narrated cruises depart Tuesday to Thursday at 12:30pm and cost $14 for adults, $11 for children 6 to 12, free for kids younger than 6. The company also has "haunted" and sunset cruises.