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Living History

16 attractions ยท 12 events

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Not every place needs a reason.

Sometimes it's enough just to be there.

13th Memorial Cavalry

Columbus, New Mexico

Group presents multicultural, living-history environment to educate and entertain. Exploring, tours of Tres Hermanas and…

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Adams Corner Rural Village

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Adams Corner Rural Village is a detailed reconstruction of a small crossroads community of 1875…

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The road is the experience.

Getting there is often the point, not just the outcome.

Black Forest Village

Cape Girardeau

1870s Old West town replica. Two craft shows each year with traditional demonstrations, crafts, food…

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Start early. Stay late.

The edges of the day tend to hold the best experiences.

Bonnie Springs

Old Nevada, Nevada

Bonnie Springs is an 1880s mining town with riding stables, restaurant, shopping, live action gunfights,…

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Boot Hill Museum And Front Street

Dodge City, Kansas

Boot Hill Museum is an accredited western history village museum located on the original site…

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More road, less rush.

There's no need to hurry through something worth experiencing.

Center for Living History Preservation

Canton, Missouri

Step back in time and see history come alive with people actually living in a…

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Cottonwood Station

Meriden, Kansas

Welcome to Meriden's unique living history frontier town with a three-story flour mill, a sawmill,…

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Take the long way.

The best parts of the trip are usually the ones you didn't plan.

El Rancho de las Golondrinas

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Living-history museum highlights Spanish colonial period. Former El Camino Real stop, morada, mill, frontier schoolhouse,…

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Historic Ward-Meade Park Living Museum

Topeka, Kansas

History comes to life at Historic Ward-Meade Park as period dressed guides, including a "school…

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A place to slow down.

Not every stop needs to be busy to be worth your time.

Living History Farms

Urbandale, Iowa

Learn the amazing story of how Iowans transformed fertile prairies into the most productive farmland…

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Old Cowtown Museum Complex

Wichita, Kansas

Relive the 1870s at Old Cowtown Museum, a 25-acre, outdoor living history center on the…

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Pioneer Arizona Living History Museum

Phoenix, Arizona

At the Pioneer Arizona Living History Museum you'll visit over 90 acres with 30 historic…

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Prairie Village at Madison South Dakota

Madison, South Dakota

Madison's Prairie Village is a living history museum created from turn-of-the-century buildings moved from around…

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Shawnee Town 1929

Shawnee, Kansas

Shawnee Town 1929 is a living history museum that tells the story of life in…

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Tsa-La-Gi Ancient Village

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

The Tsa-La-Gi Ancient Village has been hailed as one of America's finest living museums. It…

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Stay curious.

A small detour can turn into something worth remembering.

Waynesborough Historical Village

Goldsboro, North Carolina

Slip into the nineteenth century and experience life as it once was in historic Waynesborough.…

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Upcoming & Annual Events

Stay a little longer.

Rushing through a place rarely does it justice.

Annual Old Greenville Black Powder Rendezvous

Greenville, Missouri

Travel back in time to relive history as you see tepees, lodges and people in…

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Take the detour.

The extra miles are often where the story begins.

Annual Old Greenville Days

Greenville, Missouri

This event is always held on the third weekend in September. It consist of arts/crasfts…

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The road is the experience.

Getting there is often the point, not just the outcome.

Broken Barrel Speakeasy Experience at Sauder Village

Archbold, Ohio

The Broken Barrel Speakeasy is unleashing some secret speakeasy mayhem with an immersive experience and…

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Civil War Living History

Round Top, Texas

Late May 1861. The Civil War has begun. The Texas militia is going to war…

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Let it unfold.

Not everything needs to be scheduled to be meaningful.

Colonial Day

Currie, North Carolina

Learn how people lived, worked and played in colonial days. Weapons demonstrations, blacksmith, spinning, weaving,…

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Start early. Stay late.

The edges of the day tend to hold the best experiences.

Harvest Time at the Beaufort Historic Site

Beaufort, North Carolina

Harvest Time in October is busy with living history at the Beaufort Historic Site where…

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Worth the stop.

Some places don't need much time, just the right moment.

Indigenous Iowans Day

Urbandale, Iowa

The Ioway nation were some of Iowa's first farmers! Explore the tools and technology of…

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Go a little further.

The next turn is often where things start to get interesting.

Living History Talk: Traditional New England Cider Making

Farmington, Connecticut

What today is understood by "apple cider" is not the same as cider during the…

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Stay curious.

A small detour can turn into something worth remembering.

Opening Day - Historic Sauder Village

Archbold, Ohio

Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to welcome spring on a…

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Make time for quiet places.

Not every destination needs noise to be meaningful.

Pioneer Tea

Findlay, Ohio

Mrs. McKinnis welcomes you to her home to learn about early pioneer holiday customs, hear…

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Take the detour.

The extra miles are often where the story begins.

Summer on the Farm at Sauder Village

Archbold, Ohio

The smell of fried chicken and homemade pie; the sight of children playing games in…

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A place to slow down.

Not every stop needs to be busy to be worth your time.

World War II Live

Dunn, North Carolina

Averasboro Battlefield Commission, Inc, in cooperation with the Va.-Carolina Military History Association, Inc, presents World…

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