Denver, Colorado
Founded in 1971 by Paul W. Stewart, the museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving and disseminating the contributions of Blacks in the Old West.While famous for telling the story of Black cowboys, we are broader than this with interests in the stories of all those early Blacks who came west and...
Antioch, California
The Black Diamond Mines Preserve provides visitors with a scenic location at which they can get a glimpse of what it was like to be a miner in the 19th and 20th centuries.Guided tours of the Hazel-Atlas mine take visitors through an old mine used to produce silica sand for glass items. The...
Richmond, Virginia
Founded by Carrol Anderson, this museum seeks to become a permanent repository for visual, oral and written records and artifacts commemorating the lives and accomplishments of blacks in Virginia.Visitors are invited to experience the history and culture of Virginia's African-Americans from 1619 to...
Miami, Florida
In the era of segregation, these buildings functioned as the center of African-American executive and judicial authority in Miami.In September 1944, Miami's first five black police officers were sworn in and given the responsibility of patrolling the Central Negro District, which included today's...
Bladensburg, Maryland
This park sits on the site of the pivotal Battle of Bladensburg during the War of 1812, the loss of which led to the burning of Washington.This park sits on the site of the pivotal Battle of Bladensburg during the War of 1812, the loss of which led to the burning of Washington.
The revitalized...
Petersburg, Virginia
In June 1866, the first Memorial Day was celebrated here in honor of the 30,000 Confederate soldiers buried on Memorial Hill inside the burial ground.This 18th-century church became a memorial to the Southern soldiers who died during the Civil War. In honor of the Confederate dead, each state...
Knoxville, Tennessee
This historic mansion houses period antiques and boasts General James Longstreet as one of its occupants.Bleak House, an antebellum mansion of fifteen spacious rooms and wide halls, stands well back on an eminence among lovely trees and elaborately landscaped grounds. The property fronts 250 feet...
Castalian Springs, Tennessee
This 80-acre historic park features walking tours and archaeological remains.Although the original building is no longer standing, the archaeological remains of Bledsoe's Fort are a major tourist attraction within this 80-acre park, as well as the restored Nathaniel Parker cabin. Walking tours are...
Tarboro, North Carolina
In addition to the artwork by Hobson Pittman, this home exhibits locally made period furniture and nineteenth century paintings of Edgecombe County citizens.The 1808 Blount-Bridgers House, “the Grove,” is a national historic landmark, is home to a permanent collection that celebrates...
Knoxville, Tennessee
Signer of the Constitution and Territorial Governor Colonel Blount lived in this modest frontier mansion.Nestled in the center of Downtown Knoxville's government district, Blount Mansion offers history that is hard to miss. Here, among the towers of glass, steel and brick, sits a house - small by...
Mankato, Minnesota
Not only a historical society, the Blue Earth County Historical Society offers an exhibit hall and a full research center.The Blue Earth County Historical Society employs many tactics in order to keep the history of the county alive for generations. With the help of volunteers, the exhibit hall is...
Ferrum, Virginia
Museum of Western Virginia history and German-American farm operated by Ferrum College
Operated by Ferrum College, this museum highlights the folk traditions of western Virginia through music, crafts, food, decorative arts, and architecture. The 1800 farmstead with costumed interpreterse and...
Asheville, North Carolina
The heritage area at Blue Ridge is known for its thriving traditions of craft, music, agriculture, and Cherokee culture.The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area encompasses the mountains of North Carolina and includes the Blue Ridge Parkway and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The region’s...
Winchester, Kentucky
This three-floor museum in the 1894 Guerrant Clinic building focuses on the history of the Bluegrass region, so named after the blue-blossomed grass species that grows here in profusion.
It features displays on the Eskippakithiki Indians, the founding of the Western frontier and Wilderness Road,...
Taos, New Mexico
The home is filled with a collection of the Blumenschein family's art, a representative sampling of works by other famous Taos artists, fine European and Spanish Colonial style antiques, and the family's lifetime of personal possessions.In the early autumn of 1898, a fortuitous accident resulted in...
Boalsburg, Pennsylvania
Established in September, 1982, the Boalsburg Heritage Museum has been preserving items of historical significance, and promoting awareness of the rich heritage within the Boalsburg and Harris Township community.Historical artifacts unique to the area can be seen on display in the museum. You can...
Austin, Texas
The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in downtown Austin, Texas, tells the “Story of Texas” with three floors of interactive exhibits and entertaining and informative shows.Three floors of exhibits -- three themes as big as Texas history: Land, Identity and Opportunity. The...
Boca Raton, Florida
The society explores the history of this southeast Florida city and manages two neraby historic structures.For visitors looking for a comprehensive experience of Boca Raton's history, nothing will benefit them more than a stop at the Boca Raton Historical Society's offices. The Society's docents...
Brentwood, Tennessee
The Boiling Spring Academy is a restored 1830 one room school house located in Primm Historic Park on Moores Lane.The Boiling Spring Academy is a restored 1830 one room school house located in Primm Historic Park on Moores Lane.
On this site, prehistoric Native Americans lived and left their mounds...
Boise, Idaho
Boise's old Union Pacific Railroad Depot, built in 1925, was recently restored by the Morrison-Knudsen Company.Union Pacific ended service here in 1971, and the building fell into a state of disrepair. Morrison-Knudsen Corporation purchased the depot in 1990, and using old plans and photographs,...
Central Point, Oregon
The museum was founded in 1954 by Frieda and Delmar Smith.The Smith's collection and the collections and donations of members and others has created one of the finest displays of rocks, minerals, and gems on the west coast.
Crazy Horse, South Dakota
The Crazy Horse Memorial is a tribute to the great Native American leader as well as a museum that honors Native American traditions.It's been nearly 35 years since the construction of the first wing of the Indian Museum of North America. When Korczak accepted the invitation of some Native Americans to carve a mountain memorial to their culture,...
Picayune, Mississippi
The 104-acre arboretum serves as the focus of activities and development. It includes the Pinecote Pavilion and the Piney Woods Lake for display of native water plants in their natural setting.The Pinecote Pavilion and the many wooden bridges that complement the lake were designed by award-winning architect Fay Jones, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, to...
Wynne, Arkansas
The extensive archival collection held by this local history organization allows visitors to engage with the rich past of Cross County, AK.The extensive archival collection held by this local history organization allows visitors to engage with the rich past of Cross County, AK.
Cross County, which was founded during the bloody Civil War year of...
Cortez, New Mexico
The Center provides archaeological demonstrations and tours of Crow Canyon and the rich history of its ancestral Pueblo Indians.The Archaeological Center is dedicated to preserving the rich history of the ancestral Pueblo Indians (also called the Anasazi) who inhabited the canyons and mesas of the Mesa Verde region more than 700 years ago. The...
Brainerd, Minnesota
Learn about the history of Crow Wing County through their authentic exhibits, including a 19th century jail cell, the original Crow Wing County's sheriff's residence and an accurate scale model of a 19th century logging camp.The Crow Wing County Historical Society has been keeping tabs on Crow Wing County's history since 1927. The museum has three...
Crown Point, New York
During the French and Indian War, Ft. Fredric served as a critical French Bastion guarding against British invasions to the north. Destroyed by the retreating French in 1759, the British occupied the peninsula and eventually built a new and much larger fort adjacent to the old one. During the French and Indian War, Ft. Fredric served as a critical...
Crystal River, Florida
The park served important ceremonial purposes for Native Americans in the pre-Columbian era.A focal point of pre-Columbian Native American ceremony and commerce, the Crystal River Archaeological State Park may have served up to 7,500 Indian visitors annually for 1,600 years before the first Europeans arrived. The complex contains burial mounds,...
Preston, Idaho
This historical and breathtaking Shoshone Indian Trail traverses up steep mountainside and into Bear Lake area.Traveling up the Cub River from the Bear River and over into Bear Lake valley you will find the historical Shoshone Indian Trail. The Shoshone Indians traveled this route from their winter grounds to Bear Lake and into Wyoming Territory...
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
The museum encompasses 16 new galleries including a new folk art gallery housing a nationally significant collection, a new Indian School gallery featuring the nation's largest repository of Carlisle Indian School artifacts and archival material. The Cumberland County Historical Society has created a new dynamic museum that will engage,...
Greenwich, New Jersey
Native Americans settled in this region after the end of the Ice Age. The museum collects the archaeological remains of these ancient peoples, as well as prehistoric fossils and imprints from four time periods of the earth's geographical development.To visit the museum is to enter the world of the Indians who inhabited the lower Delaware...
Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
This national Park offers visitors trails, cave tours, camping, and the historic Hensley settlement.At Cumberland Gap, the first great gateway to the west, follow the buffalo, the Native American, the longhunter, and the pioneer-- all traveled this route through the mountains into the wilderness of Kentucky. Modern day explorers and travelers...
St. Marys, Georgia
On Cumberland Island, visitors can walk in the footsteps of early natives, explorers, and wealthy industrialists.Preserved and protected for future generations, Cumberland Island National Seashore includes designated wilderness areas, undeveloped beaches, historic sites, cultural ruins, critical habitat and nesting areas, as well as numerous plant...
Chama, New Mexico
Built in 1880 and little changed since, the railroad is one of the finest examples of steam era mountain railroading in North America.The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad was originally constructed in 1880 as part of the Rio Grande’s San Juan Extension, which served the silver mining district of the San Juan mountains in southwestern...
Manchester, New Hampshire
The Currier Museum is an internationally known art museum that features European and American paintings, photographs, and sculpture including works by Picasso, Monet, O'Keeffe, Wyeth, and LeWitt.The Currier Museum of Art is committed to providing stimulating, diverse, and enjoyable encounters with original works of art and, in doing so, hopes to...
New London, Connecticut
The mission of the New London Maritime Society is to preserve New London's U.S. Custom House and to promote the maritime history of the port of New London.NLMS was formed in 1983 by a group of concerned citizens looking to save New London's "jewel on the waterfront"—an 1833 Custom House designed by architect Robert Mills, designer of the U.S....
Clarksville, Tennessee
This museum of fine art, science, and history features the "Bubble Room" and is a fun and educational adventure for kids.Located in the heart of historic downtown Clarksville, Tennessee, the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is the State's second largest general museum. With over 35,000 square feet of the region's best hands-on...
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