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Birthplace of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson
Constructed of bricks made by slaves, the birthplace of former First Lady (born Claudia Taylor)…
Explore →Fannin Battleground State Historic Site
A handsome monument marks site where Col. James W. Fannin Jr. and his men surrendered…
Explore →Historical Sites
Historical monuments and markers identify abundant sites including Sam Houston's law office, blocks of original…
Explore →1913 World Tour Exhibition Game Site
On October 24, 1913, Blue Rapids played host to the Chicago White Sox and New…
Explore →Abbie Gardner State Historic Site
Abbie Gardner's Cabin is the site of "The Spirit Lake Massacre" of March 8, 1857.…
Explore →Alamance Battleground State Historic Site
The site where Royal Governor William Tryon led the NC militia against the Regulators in…
Explore →Andy Williams Birthplace
Restored to reflect the era, the house where singer Andy Williams was born and lived…
Explore →Arrow Rock State Historic Site
The Santa Fe Trail crossed the Missouri River here. Landmarks include artist George Caleb Bingham's…
Explore →Ashland Archaeological District - NHR
The Ashland Archeological District, registered on the National Register of Historic Places, contains a variety…
Explore →Ayr Mount Historic Site
Ayr Mount is a meticulously restored 1815 plantation home. It is finely furnished with Federal…
Explore →Battle of Adobe Walls
Site where two famous Indian battles were fought. Col. Kit Carson (in his last fight)…
Explore →Beaufort Historic Site
Preservation efforts have kept Old Beaufort much as it was when the town incorporated in…
Explore →Benjamin Mays Historic Site
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays' childhood home will be the focal point of the Dr. Benjamin…
Explore →Bennett Place State Historic Site
State Historic Site where the Civil War ended in 1865 when Confederate General Johnston surrendered…
Explore →Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site
Home to the largest Civil War land battle to take place on North Carolina soil.…
Explore →Black Hawk State Historic Site
Black Hawk State Historic Site includes a unique 100-acre "designated nature preserve" consisting of an…
Explore →Blue Springs or Wonder Site
The Blue Springs Site is an early nineteenth century Pawnee village on a prominent hilltop…
Explore →Boxwood Hall State Historic Site
Home of Elias Boudinot, Pres. Of the Continental Congress. He later sold the house to…
Explore →Brenner Crossing State Historic Site
This site lies near the Fort Totten-Fort Seward Trail several miles from the actual crossing…
Explore →Brown vs. Topeka B.O.E. National Historic Sites
On October 26, 1992, Congress passed Public Law 102-525 establishing Brown v. Board of Education…
Explore →Brunswick Town State Historic Site/Ft. Anderson
Visit the excavated ruins of a colonial port town founded in 1726, including the ruins…
Explore →Buffalo Creek State Historic Site
Marker designates area crossed by Gen. Henry H. Sibley and his military expedition on Aug.…
Explore →Buffalo Gap Historic Village
Complex of 15 historic structures that tell the history of the last 50 years of…
Explore →Burwell School Historic Site
The house (c. 1821, 1848) and outbuildings served as the Rev. and Mrs. Burwell's Female…
Explore →Bush-Holley Historic Site
National Historic Landmark, the house (c.1730) was the center of the state's first art colony.…
Explore →Caddoan Mounds State Historic Site
A chief archaeological site in Texas. Park includes two ceremonial and one burial mound, visitor…
Explore →Camp Arnold State Historic Site
The site marks the Aug. 14 campsite of the 1863 Sibley Expedition. Two headstones honor…
Explore →Camp Atchison State Historic Site
Site marks the location of 1863 Sibley Expedition camp. The site, which contains a memorial…
Explore →Camp Corning State Historic Site
The granite marker commemorates the July 17-18 campsite of the 1863 Sibley Expedition.
Explore →Camp Grant State Historic Site
A small tablet mounted on a large boulder commemorates the July 23 campsite of the…
Explore →Camp Hancock State Historic Site
This site preserves part of a military post established as Camp Creeley in 1872 to…
Explore →Camp Kimball State Historic Site
This was the campsite of the Sibley Expedition on July 22-23, 1863.
Explore →Camp Sheardown State Historic Site
A bronze marker identifies this 1863 Sibley Expedition site.
Explore →Camp Weiser State Historic Site
A small granite marker identifies this site as the approximate location of the July 13-14…
Explore →Camp Whitney State Historic Site
This is the approximate location of a campsite used by the 1863 Sibley expedition following…
Explore →Cannonball Stage Station State Historic Site
This historic site marks the location of a stagecoach station on the Bismarck-to-Deadwood Trail, used…
Explore →Captain Grant's, 1754
1754 Colonial, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located in National Historic…
Explore →Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site - Connemara
Carl Sandburg, nationally renowned poet, biographer, folksinger and lecturer provided broad and enduring 20th century…
Explore →Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site
Cannons boom. Muskets bark. Interpretive rangers in 17th century dress tend heirloom crops. They’re all…
Explore →Chaska (Camp Banks) State Historic Site
Approximate location of Camp Banks, the campsite of the Sibley Expedition on Aug. 2, 1863.…
Explore →Chimney Park State Historic Site
This site memorializes the life of Antoine de Vallombrosa, the Marquis de Mores, who arrived…
Explore →Clinton Sites
Visit the sites related to President Bill Clinton: his boyhood homes, high school, favorite hamburger…
Explore →Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site
Visitors to Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site are walking into a rare look at a…
Explore →Confederate Memorial State Historic Site
The Civil War may have ended in 1865, but vivid memories of the "Lost Cause"…
Explore →Confederate Prison Site
A small portion of the original wall of the Confederate Prison was restored in 1973.…
Explore →Constitution Hall State Historic Site
Constitution Hall is a National Landmark and Kansas Historic Site built in 1856 to house…
Explore →Cradle of Forestry in America National Historic Site
This unique historic site, in the heart of Pisgah National Forest, includes the Forest Discovery…
Explore →Crawley Flint Quarry State Historic Site
This site preserves an area from which Indians quarried quantities of Knife River flint used…
Explore →Cuneo Museum And Gardens
Cuneo Museum And Gardens is an historic mission dating from 1914 nestled on 75 acres…
Explore →Davidson Interpretive Center
The Battle of Peckuwe was fought on this site in 1780 when forces from Kentucky,…
Explore →Devonian Fossil Gorge
Historic floods during the summer of 1993 surged over the emergency spillway and eroded a…
Explore →Double Ditch Indian Village State Historic Site
Site contains ruins of large Mandan Indian earthlodge village believed to have been inhabited for…
Explore →Duke Homestead State Historic Site and Tobacco Museum
National Historic landmark features Duke family's mid-1800s home, tobacco barns and original factory. Museum, film,…
Explore →First Congregational United Church of Christ
The origin of the First Congregational Church of Pierce City occurred when Rev. J.H. Harwood,…
Explore →Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site
The site preserves the first United States military post in North Dakota. The post was…
Explore →Fort Buford State Historic Site
Established in 1866 at the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers, Fort Buford became…
Explore →Fort Clark State Historic Site
Fort Clark was built in 1830-31 by the American Fur Company to serve a Mandan…
Explore →Fort Dilts State Historic Site
On this site in 1864, a wagon train party under the command of Capt. James…
Explore →Fort Dobbs State Historic Site
Site of the only French & Indian War fort in NC. Archaeological sites, artifact displays,…
Explore →Fort Fisher State Historic Site
Fort Fisher State Historic Site, the "Last Major Stronghold of the Confederacy," is N.C.'s most…
Explore →Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site
A preserved site of an old fort. A scenic overlook offers views of the Mississippi…
Explore →Fort Mandan Overlook State Historic Site
The site overlooks the area where Lewis and Clark established their headquarters for the winter…
Explore →Fort Mims State Historic Site
Outdoor site of battle in 1813 where more than 400 settlers fell in attack by…
Explore →Fort Morgan State Historic Site
Construction began 1819, completed 1834. Large brick fort serviced the Civil War, Spanish-American War and…
Explore →Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
A beginning chapter in the story of America is kept on the north end of…
Explore →Fort Ransom State Historic Site
Location of a 200-man military post built in 1867 by Gen. Alfred Terry and named…
Explore →Fort Rice State Historic Site
Military post established in 1864 by Gen. Alfred Sully to supply his campaign and to…
Explore →Fort Seward Military Post
Established in 1872 to protect Northern Pacific Railroad workers. Visible remains of foundations and basements.
Explore →Fort Smith National Historic Site
The site, which just underwent a $7 million renovation, contains the remains of two frontier…
Explore →Fort Totten State Historic Site
This site preserves a military post built in 1867 and used continuously as a military…
Explore →Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson State Historic Site
Costumed tours by appt. for groups. State historic site, 1700s French fort reconstruction. 165-acre park…
Explore →Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
The principal fur-trading post of the American Fur Company on the upper Missouri River. Served…
Explore →Froelich Historic Site
See where the first successful tractor was invented. An 1892 scale model and reference materials…
Explore →Frontier Town
The Story of Frontier Town Cave Creek, Arizona The wild west town of Cave Creek…
Explore →Gingras Trading Post State Historic Site
Between 1843 and 1873, this house and store, owned by Antoine B. Gingras, served the…
Explore →Glenn Miller Birthplace Home
Glenn Miller Birthplace Home is restored to reflect the time around 1904 when Glenn was…
Explore →Gold Hill Mines Historic Park
Gold Hill Mines Historic Park is a 70 acre park adjacent to the historic gold…
Explore →Governor Charles B. Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site
Guided tours provided daily of the mid-19th-century boyhood home of North Carolina's "Education Governor." The…
Explore →Hampton Plantation State Historic Site
McClellanville, South Carolina
Tucked away in the remote last vestiges of a colonial-era rice plantation, Hampton Plantation State…
Explore →Höglund Dugout
Arriving in the fall of 1868, Gustaf Hoglund proceeded to dig a dugout to serve…
Explore →Historic Bath State Historic Site
Meander the streets of this historic waterfront community, which was the first incorporated town in…
Explore →Historic Coke Ovens in Box Canyon
The Historic Coke Ovens, otherwise known as charcoal kilns, and listed on the National Register…
Explore →Historic Danville Stadium
Built in 1946 as part of the Brooklyn Dodgers farm system, it serves as the…
Explore →Historic Edenton State Historic Site
Visitor Center, located at 108 North Broad Street provides 14 - minute audiovisual program, exhibits,…
Explore →Historic Halifax State Historic Site
The home of the Halifax Resolves, the first official action for independence by any colony.…
Explore →Hollenberg Pony Express Station State Historic Site
Pony Express riders and hundreds of pioneers made a stop at historic Hollenberg Station. In…
Explore →Horne Creek Living Historical Farm State Historic Site
The state's newest historic site is dedicated to the study, preservation and interpretation of North…
Explore →House in the Horseshoe State Historic Site
Circa-1772 house was the scene of a Whig/Tory conflict during the American Revolution, and some…
Explore →Hudson Townsite State Historic Site
A commemorative marker shows the original 1883 location of the first townsite in Dickey County.
Explore →Indian Lodge Historic Site
On the slopes of the Davis Mountains within the bounds of Davis Mountains State Park,…
Explore →Indian Treaty Site
A marker commemorates where two important trails intersected on the prairie - Detroit to St…
Explore →Initial Rock Interpretive Site
Site in the Badlands along Davis Creek showcases rocky outcropping with signatures carved by two…
Explore →John Paul Jones State Historic Site
The site is the location of the Maine Sailors and Soldiers Memorial, created during 1924-1926,…
Explore →Johnston Farm & Indian Agency
The Johnston Farm and Indian Agency was once the center of activities in the small…
Explore →Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site
Beautiful scenery and numerous recreational opportunities surround Katahdin Iron Works, including Gulf Hagas, a stunning…
Explore →Lake Jessie State Historic Site
Campsite of the Nicollet-Fremont Expedition in 1839, the Isaac I. Stevens railroad survey party in…
Explore →Lake Johnson State Historic Site
The site honors George T. Johnson, Company G, 3rd Illinois Cavalry, who drowned in the…
Explore →Lewis and Clark State Historic Site
14,000 square foot interpretive center and monument commemorating Lewis and Clark's Point of Departure and…
Explore →Lidtke Mill Historical Site
The mill has working turbines and is located on the Upper Iowa River. Visit a…
Explore →Lincoln Christening Scene
Lincoln, Illinois is only city named for Abraham Lincoln before he became president. He was…
Explore →Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site
The Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site is the last home of Thomas and Sarah…
Explore →Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site
This reconstructed 1830's village is where Lincoln lived for 6 yrs. as a young adult.…
Explore →Lincoln-Douglas Debate Square
Experience the history of the second of the famous debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen…
Explore →Lincoln-Douglas Square
Lincoln-Douglas Square is the site of the 7th and final senatorial debate between Abraham Lincoln…
Explore →Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site
The only remaining structure where Abraham Lincoln maintained working law offices. Lincoln and his final…
Explore →Maple Creek Crossing State Historic Site
The site marks a crossing on the Pembina Trail, an early transportation route for settlers…
Explore →Mathias Ham House Historic Site
View Italianate limestone mansion, built in 1856 and authentically restored and furnished. Also visit 1833…
Explore →McIntyre Historic Site
Includes 1.5 acres, 1.3 mile nature trail, site of Revolutionary War skirmish, and 19th century…
Explore →Medicine Rock State Historic Site
This ancient, sacred American Indian gathering place was used for dance ceremonies before a buffalo…
Explore →Menoken Indian Village State Historic Site
Site preserves a prehistoric village dating to the early 1200s. Site is a National Historic…
Explore →Motor Mill Historic Site
Visit the six-story limestone mill and four other limestone buildings in the settlement of Motor,…
Explore →National Road
Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson, the national Road is the first interstate highway. It created…
Explore →North Little Rock Historic Sites
Tour includes the Baker House Bed and Breakfast, the Old Mill, City Hall and other…
Explore →NW Fourth St.
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico
Segments part of original Route 66 and El Camino Real National Scenic Byways.
Explore →Oak Lawn Church State Historic Site
A plaque marks the location of the Presbyterian church built in 1885 that stood as…
Explore →Old State Capitol State Historic Site
The Old State Capitol is a reconstruction of Illinois' fifth statehouse, the first to be…
Explore →Palmer's Spring State Historic Site
Site served as weigh station on Fort Totten-Fort Stevenson Trail. It was here on Aug.…
Explore →Patriotic Rock
Young local artist paints a new patriotic theme on this large rock each year as…
Explore →Pete's Place
Pete's Place has built a national reputation for itself and Krebs, Oklahoma, and has been…
Explore →Pike's Peak Ocean to Ocean Road
One of the first transcontinental highways. It is one of the most unchanged of all…
Explore →Postville Courthouse State Historic Site
The Postville Courthouse State Historic Site is a reproduction of the first Logan County courthouse…
Explore →President James K. Polk State Historic Site
Birthplace of the 11th U.S. president. Visitors center with exhibits and displays illustrating life and…
Explore →Pulver Mounds State Historic Site
Two low burial mounds from Woodland culture tradition of the Late Prehistoric Period are the…
Explore →Putnam Cottage (c.1692)
Known as Knapp's Tavern during the Revolutionary War, this was a meeting place for leaders…
Explore →Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site
“Cotton is King!” Those words resounded through Congress and then the nation in a fiery…
Explore →River Walk
One level below the downtown streets, the popular Paseo del Rio (River Walk) is edged…
Explore →Rock Creek Station State Park
Rock Creek Station State Park is a Pony Express and emigrant station where James Butler…
Explore →Rockingham Historic Site
George Washington's last wartime headquarters has been restored and furnished with period pieces. Children's museum…
Explore →Saint Claude State Historic Site
Site contains the archaeological remains of an 1882 mission and its cemetery founded by Father…
Explore →Salt Kettle Rest Area
The Salt Kettle Rest Area is accessible from the westbound lands of I-74 between Danville…
Explore →Schuetzen Park Historic Site
This site holds many special memories for generations of local German-Americans and other area residents.…
Explore →Shoal Creek Church Historic Site
One-story log church built 1885-1890. One of the few remaining hand-split, hand-hewn churches in Alabama.
Explore →Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area
One of only 27 National Heritage Areas in the U.S., Silos & Smokestacks tells the…
Explore →Site of First Home in Cameron
An historical marker marks the boyhood home of L. S. "Sul" Ross (1838-1898) Texas Governor…
Explore →Sitting Bull Burial State Historic Site
The site marks the original burial ground of Hunkpapa Sioux leader Sitting bull, who was…
Explore →Somerset Place State Historic Site
Somerset Place is an antebellum plantation offering an insightful view of life before the Civil…
Explore →Standing Rock State Historic Site
Called Inyan Bosendata by Sioux Indians who consider it sacred. The rock stands on a…
Explore →Steamboat Warehouse State Historic Site
An interpretive marker denotes the site of a Northern Pacific Railroad Company warehouse that was…
Explore →Sully's Heart River Corral State Historic Site
This site marks as base camp established by General Alfred Sully during his 1864 campaign.…
Explore →Sweden State Historic Site
This site marks the location of the former Sweden Post Office, established in 1879 during…
Explore →The Middlebrook Winter Encampment of Washington's
Site of two encampments of Washington's Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The first official…
Explore →The Old Market State Historic Site
The Old Market House, constructed in 1845-1846, was a center of Galena's community life during…
Explore →Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site
The reconstructed ceremonial center includes the major temple on an earthen mound, minor temple, mortuary,…
Explore →Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
The Tuskegee Airmen fought war on two fronts: axis powers overseas and racism at home.…
Explore →Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
National park dedicated to educating the public of the importance and accomplishments of Tuskegee Institute.…
Explore →Underground Railroad
The Donnellson Genealogical Department has documented evidence of the underground railroad passing near Donnellson. Contact…
Explore →Vandalia Statehouse State Historic Site
Vandalia was the seat of state government from 1820-1839. The Statehouse, the oldest remaining capitol…
Explore →Walhalla State Historic Site
Birthplace of St. Joseph, a community created in 1848 for fur trade with the Metis…
Explore →Weir Farm National Historic Site
Connecticut's first National Park Service site. Served as the summer home and studio of prominent…
Explore →Wichita Mountains - Holy City
While you're in the Refuge, be sure to visit the Holy City of the Wichitas,…
Explore →Willa Cather State Historic Site
The Farmers' and Merchants' Bank building, 1889, was erected by Silas Garber, the founder of…
Explore →Writing Rock State Historic Site
This site preserves two large boulders bearing many Indian pictographs. This area was used by…
Explore →Zaragoza Birthplace State Historic Site
Both a state park and international historic site, reconstructed birthplace and statue of one of…
Explore →Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace State Historic Site
This 1830s reconstructed mountain farmstead is where North Carolina's Civil War-era Governor, Zebulon B. Vance,…
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