Virginia Beach, Virginia
This somewhat undersized colonial home, residence to Adam Thoroughgood in the early 17th century, has been preserved with many unique antiques.The most surprising aspect of this very old house for today's visitors is its size--it seems awfully small to be the home of one of the most prosperous and...
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The newly-remodeled museum contains the nation’s largest collection of Spanish-colonial artifacts, including original Spanish chain mail, cuirasses, as well as Native American ceremonial clothing.An exhibition of local history depicts four hundred years of the history of Albuquerque and the Rio...
Smyrna, Delaware
The Allee House at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge stands today, as it did in the eighteenth century, overlooking the fields and marshes of Kent County.According to tradition, the Allee House was built about 1753 by Abraham Allee, the son of John Allee, a Huguenot refugee from Artois, France....
Kodiak, Alaska
The Alutiiq Museum, located on the first floor of the Alutiiq Cultural Center, traces the 7,500 years of the Alutiiq people of southern Alaska. To help preserve the culture and language of the Alutiiq people, the center engages in campaigns to teach the Alutiiq language while museum staff and...
Amana, Iowa
One of Iowa's most famous travel destinations, these seven authentic German villages were founded as a religious commune 150 years ago.The name Amana means to "remain faithful". It has, in many ways, remained faithful to the communal culture; historical buildings have been preserved; the...
Amherst, Massachusetts
The Museum is filled with decorative arts, paintings, household implements, agricultural tools and other pieces of history from the nearly three hundred years since Amherst was settled. The Amherst History Museum opened in 1916 and is governed by the Amherst Historical Society, which was...
Mission Hills, California
The Andres Pico Adobe is one of the oldest residences in the City of Los Angeles, presenting a bygone era and the rich historical past of the San Fernando Valley.Inside are museum displays of native American beads, Mission and Spanish-Mexican era artifacts, costumes and clothing that span more than...
Pensacola, Florida
Located near Fort Barrancas and Fort Pickens, the museum focuses on archaeological finds dating mostly from the Spanish colonial period.Besides functioning as an archaeological research facility, the Archaeology Institute at the University of West Florida offers a large exhibit space open to the...
Gillett, Arkansas
Settled by the French in 1886, this region was the first permanent European colony in the Mississippi River Valley, playing a valuable role in dominating the fur trade.Arkansas Post became part of the United States following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. By 1819, the post was a thriving river...
Collegeville, Pennsylvania
This 18th century National Historic Landmark is still practicing today and adjoins a cemetary with tombstones dating back to 1729.The first church building of Augustus Lutheran Church is still standing and is the oldest unchanged Lutheran Church building in continuous use in the United States. The...
Surry, Virginia
This historic home was built in 1665, modeled in the Jacobean style.It's not really a castle, nor was it the home of rebellion leader Nathaniel Bacon, but it is one of the oldest houses in America, built in 1665. Some of Bacon's men may have stayed at the home during the 1676 rebellion against Gov...
Middletown, Virginia
Built in 1797, this unique limestone home was once residence to Major Issac Hite and his wife, Nelly.Belle Grove was home to the sister, Nelly Conway Madison, of President James Madison. During the Civil War, Belle Grove was at the center of the decisive Battle of Belle Grove or Cedar Creek. Today...
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Dr. James Weems built this plantation house in 1740. Today, it is one of the oldest buildings in the area and an invaluable piece of colonial architectural history.Although Major John Billingsley never lived on the property he acquired from Lord Baltimore on the Patuxent River and the Western...
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...
Wellsburg, West Virginia
The Brooke County Museum preserves the history of the county from 1797 to the present. Artifacts representing industry, early education and pioneer life are displayed in a manner to allow a "step back in time".The Museum is housed in the original 1794 Miller's Tavern and Inn located next...
Golden, Colorado
The museum has a number of permanent exhibits about Buffalo Bill's life and times and features bows and arrows belonging to Sitting Bull, the 19th-century Indian holy man.See Sitting Bull's bow and arrows, Buffalo Bill's show outfits, Frederick Remington's "Portrait of a Ranch Hand," and...
San Diego, California
Climbing out of his boat and onto shore in 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo stepped into history as the first European to set foot on what is now the West Coast of the United States.As the park’s namesake, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo led the first European expedition to explore what is now the west...
Utuado, Puerto Rico
Over 700 years old, this park is one of the most important archaeological sites in Puerto Rico.When the first Spaniards arrived on the island more than 500 years ago, they encountered thousands of Taíno Indians-the most recent of a series of inhabitants that had populated the Caribbean...
Natchitoches, Louisiana
This area marks a place where different cultures, including American Indian, French, Spanish, African, and Creole, came together to live off the land and river of the region.The City of Natchitoches was established in 1714 by Louis Juchereau de St. Denis, making it the oldest permanent settlement...
Canterbury, New Hampshire
The village preserves the heritage of the Canterbury Shakers and has 25 restored original Shaker buildings, four reconstructed Shaker buildings, and 694 acres of forests, fields, gardens, nature trails, and mill ponds under permanent conservation easement.Canterbury Shaker Village was established...
Yorktown, Virginia
The cross at this memorial commemorates the site where a wooden cross was erected by the early English settlers upon their safe arrival to Virginia in April of 1607.According to George Percy, one of the early settlers, "The nine and twentieth day we set up a cross at Chesupioc Bay, and named...
Alexandria, Virginia
This 18th-century home was used by General Braddock as his headquarters during the French and Indian War.
Located in Old Town Alexandria, Carlyle House was completed in 1753 by a wealthy Scottish merchant for his bride, Sarah Fairfax of Belvoir. Their home quickly became a center of social and...
St. Augustine, Florida
The last standing 17th-century fort in the U.S., the monument has a complex cultural history beginning with Native Americans and running through Spanish, French, and English colonial domination.Begun in 1672, the Castillo de San Marcos is the last 17th century fort left in the United States....
Ventura, California
These coastal mountains of California's islands depict a history spanning over 12,000 years.The Channel Islands have attracted many explorers, scientists and historians during the past few centuries. Today, island visitors can explore the world of the native Chumash, walk the shores where European...
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
This remanent of Charles Pinckney's plantation preserves his story and the stories of the lives of enslaved African Americans on South Carolina Lowcountry plantations.Snee Farm, Pinckney’s coastal plantation, offers an opportunity to learn about the cultural environment that influenced...
Charlotte Amalia, Virgin Islands (U.S.)
This district included notable sites such as Fort Christian, Emancipation Garden, and Skytsborg.Charlotte Amalia, the first permanent European settlement on St. Thomas Island, was established in 1672 after the arrival of the Danish West India and Guinea Company. Platted in 1681, the town was named...
Port Charlotte, Florida
A museum dedicated to the history of the Charlotte area whose collection ranges from the pre-Columbian to the post-WWII.Charlotte County Historical Center, located at Bayshore Live Oak Park on beautiful Charlotte Harbor. Our mission is to offer a variety of programs and services to educate the...
West Point, Virginia
Chelsea Plantation is one of the best examples of early 18th century architecture in America, and once served as headquarters for General LaFayette's army during the Revolutionary War.Furnished with period antiques and a large collection of paintings, this 1709 brick house was built during the...
Virginia Beach, Virginia
This Chesapeake environment museum showcases Virginia area settlers.This environmentally focused, interactive visitor information center in First Landing State Park portrays a historical exhibition of the first landing of the settlers in 1607, plus three aquariums, various environmental exhibits,...
Christiansted, Virgin Islands (U.S.)
This park has 5 preserved historic structures and interprets the Danish economy and way of life in existence there from 1733 to 1917.Christiansted National Historic Site, on the island of St Croix in the Virgin Islands, was established in 1952 through the initiative of concerned local citizens. The...
Sanibel, Florida
This historical village has ben restored with pioneer buildings.
Sanibel Historical Village and Museum was founded in 1982 as a tribute to the early pioneers on Sanibel Island. Each building has been restored to its original state. Volunteer docents guide visitors through this mystical place.This...
Hopewell, Virginia
This local museum documents the history of Hopewell, Virginia.This local museum documents the history of Hopewell, Virginia.
This museum features artifacts and exhibits depicting Hopewell's colonial, Civil War, and early 20th-century history. On display at the City Point Early History Museum is the...
McLean, Virginia
This living history farm depicts what life was like in 1771.The Farm is managed and operated by the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm, through a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service. Living history programs and demonstrations offer a glimpse of what life was like for a poor farm...
St. Augustine, Florida
The only living history museum in St. Augustine looks back to the city's legacy of colonial Spanish rule.As St. Augustine's sole living history museum, the Colonial Spanish Quarter offers a rare glimpse of the city under Spanish rule. Reenactors fill a number of occupations common in 1740, from...
Williamsburg, Virginia
In Colonial Williamsburg's 301-acre Historic Area stand hundreds of restored, reconstructed, and historically furnished buildings. Costumed interpreters tell the stories of the residents of the era.The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation operates the world’s largest living history museum in...
Yuba City, California
This community museum explores the history and heritage of Sutter County.The museum has a number of permanent exhibits on the Maidu Indians, early Sutter County settlers, agriculture, the Sutter Buttes, and school life. Smaller displays include transportation, women, Lola Montez, local photographs...
Hartford, Connecticut
The Connecticut State Library is an Executive Branch agency of the State of Connecticut that houses the state archives, public records, and the Museum of Connecticut History.The library and court building became an important repository of local and state archival material in the late 19th and early...
Renesselaer, New York
Dutch for "crow's wood", this historic home was built in the early 18th century by Hendrick Van Rensselaer, grandson of the First Patroon,This museum depicts colonial New Netherland history in the upper Hudson Valley. Generations of the Rensselaer family have remodeled the home, each adding...
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...
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...
Birdsboro, Pennsylvania
Daniel Boone was born here in 1734 and spent his first 16 years here before his family migrated to North Carolina.The Daniel Boone Homestead, located near Reading, Pennsylvania, is a state historic site which preserves a number of historic structures. The Homestead offers many historic programs and...
Savannah, Georgia
The museum acts to preserve and interpret a 19th century home and the artifacts of the Davenport family.The Davenport House was opened as a museum in 1963 and recently restored to its original 1820s state in 2003. The museum was recently recognized as a national historic preservation site by the...
Washington, Pennsylvania
This 1788 architectural showpiece was the home of David Bradford, successful lawyer turned rebel in the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794.Bradford was by all means an upstanding citizen, serving at one point as the Deputy Attorney General of Washington County. However, when the the new nation faced its...
Bradenton, Florida
The monument commemorates the spot where Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto supposedly landed in 1539.The Monument marks the supposed spot where Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto landed in 1539. Nearby Camp Utiza, a living history site, recreates de Soto first setting foot, as well as a village of...
Bushkill, Pennsylvania
Scattered throughout the Delaware Water Gap are Native American archaeological sites and a number of structures that remain from early Dutch settlement, including historic Millbrook Village.For 40 miles the Middle Delaware River passes between low forested mountains with barely a house in sight....
Denver, Colorado
Since 1792, the United States Mint has been the federal agency responsible for the production and distribution of our Nation’s coinage.Since Congress created the United States Mint on April 2, 1792, it has grown tremendously. The United States Mint receives more than $1 billion in annual...
Williamsburg, Virginia
This museum, named for Reader's Digest co-founder DeWitt Wallace, features an extensive collection of American and British antiques.The museum journeys through the history of Williamsburg and also connects the city to British history as well. The artifacts on display at the museum include furniture...
St. Augustine, Florida
The nine houses in the Dow Museum of Historic Homes, dating from 1790 to 1910, are accompanied by five exhibit galleries that elaborate on the history of the area.The nine houses in the Dow Museum of Historic Homes, dating from 1790 to 1910, are accompanied by five exhibit galleries that elaborate...
Port Orange, Florida
Interpretive signs recount the history of this famous 16th century sugar mill and of the pioneers who braved the harsh New World conditions in an effort to make a living refining sugar cane.
The Dunlawton Sugar Mill Botanical Gardens features original sugar mill equipment, such as a sugar cane...
New York, New York
This Dutch colonial farmhouse and park has overlooked Broadway for over 200 years, and offers public programs such as concerts and workshops.The Dyckman Farmhouse Museum is a visual treat for everyone who looks up and sees it perched above Broadway at 204th Street. The Dutch Colonial style...