The Old Coast Guard Station gives Virginia Beach’s oceanfront a piece of working maritime history. Housed in a former lifesaving station, it tells the story of surfmen, shipwrecks, rescues, and the dangerous Atlantic edge behind the resort strip.
It is a compact museum, but it adds depth to a boardwalk walk. Visit when you want to understand the beach as more than sand and hotels: this coast was also a place of storms, wrecks, night watches, and hard practical courage.