Greencastle, Pennsylvania
The purpose of this organization is to establish a museum in the Greencastle-Antrim area to preserve and display the history of the Borough of Greencastle and Antrim Township. The museum highlights the area's Scot-Irish heritage.The museum provides a home for the artifacts and history of the...
Weirsdale, Florida
This museum is housed within the Florida Carriage Museum and Resort, which boasts a large collection of historical carriages on its 400 acre resort.The Florida Carriage Museum & Resort is home to one of the worlds finest collections of carriages. Step back into the past and enjoy more than 160...
River Edge, New Jersey
Boasting one of the largest collections of Bergen Dutch artifacts available to the public, the society maintains their collections in historic sites throughout historic New Bridge Landing.The museum and library collections comprise the greatest survival of significant Bergen Dutch artifacts 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...
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...
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...
Katonah, New York
The 90-acre former estate of Walter Rosen hosts world-class music concerts year-round. The mansion contains rooms imported from European palaces and a lavish collection of art.The Rosen House, built around a central courtyard, is the former summer home of Caramoor's founders Lucie Bigelow 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....
Newton, North Carolina
This museum offers testimony to the hardy settlers of the Catawba River Valley and their resourceful descendants who carved a world-renowned furniture and textile empire out of the backwoods.It is the story of the American Dream as perceived by the self-sufficient Scotch-Irish, German, English, and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
DeBary, Florida
Originally a European wine merchant's winter residence and hunting grounds, New Yorker Frederick deBary transformed the site into an oasis of entertainment and leisure in the 1870s.Visitors to Debary Hall will learn about the nineteenth-century tourism that overtook Florida, the period's incipient...
New Orleans, Louisiana
This 1852 home was the only American residence and studio of French Impressionist painter, Edgar Degas.Built during the original development of the Esplanade Ridge Neighborhood, the Degas House dates from the early 1850s. During these years, directly prior to the Civil War, the South experienced a...
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....
Destrehan, Louisiana
This plantation was established in 1787 and remains the oldest documented plantation home in the lower Mississippi River Valley.Erected in 1787 by Charles Paquet, Destrehan Plantation was purchased by indigo planter Robert Antointe Robin DeLogny and his family. Besides his profitable indigo cash...
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Over two million visitors a year explore Puerto Rico's best-known fortress, where the history of 400 years of Spain in Puerto Rico comes alive.Officially known as Fuerte San Felipe del Morro, this fort sits atop a high promontory overlooking the entrance to San Juan Bay. It is the result of the...
Key West, Florida
Author Ernest Hemingway finished "A Farewell to Arms" in this Key West house.Ernest Hemingway finished the final draft of his masterpiece, "A Farewell to Arms," and composed the short stories "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber...
St. Petersburg, Florida
This museum is one of the largest establishments in the country dealing with the history of the Holocaust.The Florida Holocaust Museum honors the memory of millions of innocent men, women, and children who suffered or died in the Holocaust. The Museum is dedicated to teaching members of all races...
Pensacola, Florida
This Confederate fort previously served as fortification for the British and Spanish. Today, the current structure includes a rifle gallery and rear wall added by U. S. Army engineers.The Fort Barrancas Area is on Taylor Road approximately a half mile east from the Museum of Naval Aviation. The...
Jacksonville, Florida
Fort Caroline memorializes the short-lived French presence in sixteenth century Florida.The need to compete with their ocean-spanning 16th-century rivals, the Spanish, chased the French across the Atlantic to Fort Caroline, where they made their first attempt at establishing a permanent settlement...
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Although no battles were fought here, the fort was garrisoned during both the Civil and Spanish-American Wars.Although no battles were fought here, the fort was garrisoned during both the Civil and Spanish-American Wars.
Fort Clinch's northeastern location caused the soldiers stationed there during...
St. Augustine, Florida
This colonial-era Spanish fort was built to protect St. Augustine from sea attacks.The Spanish completed Fort Matanzas in 1742 to protect Matanzas Inlet, the "backdoor" to St. Augustine. It is today accessible by guided boat tours that focus on the site's role in hostilities between the...
St. Augustine, Florida
Although the fort was demolished, the site is historically significant as a 18th-century Spanish settlement for blacks freed from slavery in the British Carolinas.The power politics of 18th century England and Spain reached across the Atlantic to the Florida frontier. In 1738, the Spanish governor...
Manteo, North Carolina
This site protects and preserves known portions of England's first New World settlements from 1584 to 1590.The stories of Roanoke Island are told by exhibits, artifacts and the 17-minute park video Roanoke: The Lost Colony. In the summer, park rangers offer interpretive programs and activities....
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Covering 27 acres, this is the largest fort built by the Spanish in the New World.This fort stands guard at where once was the eastern gate to the walled city of Old San Juan. Construction on the fort was begun in 1634 and finished in 1790, although modifications were made well into the 18th...
Louisville, Kentucky
This museum specializes in American and British artillery form the last 1,000 years.The Frazier museum contains unique artifacts including the ceremonial sword of Founding Father Josiah Bartlett, the family bible of the legendary pioneer Daniel Boone, and the original "Big Stick" of...
Austin, Texas
Located in Austin, the French Legation was originally built in 1840-41 to be the residence of the charge d' affaires who represented the government of France in the republic of Texas.The French Legation Museum as it exists today represents a conscientious effort to return to details authentic to...
St. Augustine, Florida
This was once home to a number of governors' residences since its first construction in 1598 by Spanish Governor Gonzalez Mendez de Canzo, and it now serves as a Florida history museum.Since the late 16th century, Government House, located at the west end of the Plaza in downtown St. Augustine, has...
Wymore, Nebraska
The Centre is used to interpret the story of the Welsh-Americans and the early Welsh settlers of the Great Plains through interactive displays, artifacts and oral histories. The Centre was purchased in December 2003 by GPWHP after a capital campaign raised the money necessary for purchase. ...
Daytona Beach, Florida
This museum features a collection of antique toys and a Racing Zone that focuses on the beach's history of racing.Housed in the former 1910 Merchant's Bank building, the museum exhibits the history of the greater Daytona Beach area from 5,000 B.C. to the present day. Located in Historic Downtown,...
Miami, Florida
This museum traces the history of a region that has experienced a range of influences from Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas to create a rich history and culture.An expansive museum examining the history of southern Florida from the arrival of the first European settlers to the...
Westminster, Maryland
Composed of three buildings, the Historical Society of Carroll County offers visitors a portal into the lives of Pennsylvanian Germans, and promotes educational programs.
Composed of three buildings, the Historical Society of Carroll County offers visitors a portal into the lives of Pennsylvanian...
Bolton Landing, New York
Following an illustrious 50-year career at the New York Metropolitan opera, Polish soprano Marcella Sembrich instructed aspiring singers at her mansion until her death in 1935. The studio museum on Lake George features opera costumes, recordings, and autographs from European composers.The Museum is...
Gainesville, Florida
The Matheson Museum explores the history of the Gainesville area from the Timucuan Indians through European settlement and United States membership.The museum is flanked by three other sites: The Matheson House dates from 1867 and incorporates elements of Classical Revival and Gothic architecture;...
Micanopy, Florida
This local history museum features memorabilia from the small Florida town of Micanopy.An abundance of exhibits reside in the Micanopy Historical Society Museum, which is housed in a warehouse dating from the 1890s. They cover everything from the pre-Columbian Timucuan Indians who inhabited the...
St. Augustine, Florida
This was America's first mission and it traces its origins to the founding of St. Augustine in 1565.The long history of the Mission of Nombre de Dios and Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche stretches back to the 1565 founding of America's oldest city, St. Augustine. After landing on Florida's shores,...
Tallahassee, Florida
This ancient community marks where Apalachee Indians and newcomers from Spain came to live in close proximity together form military and economic purposes.As Florida's only reconstructed mission, Mission San Luis offers an invaluable glimpse into the state's Catholic past under Spanish colonial...
Victoria, Texas
Showcasing the rich multi-cultural heritage of the mid-coastal region of Texas, the Museum of the Coastal Bend gives visitors a comprehensive history of the local history.The Museum of the Coastal Bend uses a number of exhibits to explore the history of the area, from its colonial start to the...
Mineral Point, Wisconsin
The Pendarvis house became a historical site in 1970, as it chronicles the influx of Cornish immigrants to the area in the 19th century and the concomitant lead-mining boom.In the early 19th century, Wisconsin lead mining was more promising and attractive to potential settlers than the fur trade....
Nogales, Arizona
Fray Marcos de Niza first entered the Santa Cruz Valley in 1539, well before the first American settlement at Jamestown or the landing of the Mayflower.Fray Marcos de Niza first entered the Santa Cruz Valley in 1539, well before the first American settlement at Jamestown or the landing of the...
Monroe, Michigan
This is the site of the Battle of Frenchtown, where British and Native American forces joined to fight against U.S. troops and Frenchtown residents.
From January 18th to January 23rd, 1813, the north bank of the River Raisin became a battleground where the forces of the United States and Great...
Bar Harbor, Maine
Saint Croix Island is the 1604 site of the first French attempt to colonize the territory they called l'Acadie and the location of one of the earliest European settlements in North America.The winter of 1604-1605 on Saint Croix Island was a cruel one for Pierre Dugua’s French expedition. Iced...
St. Louis, Missouri
Through its collections, exhibits and programs, the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center strives to educate all people about the history and consequences of the Holocaust in the hope of preventing such events from happening again.From its inception the plans always called for this to be much more...
Christiansted, Virgin Islands (U.S.)
This 1,015-acre park offers guided land tours, scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking, and hiking.Salt River Bay is a living museum on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. It is a dynamic, tropical ecosystem with prehistoric and colonial-era archeological sites and ruins. It is home to some of the largest...
San Antonio, Texas
The original Church of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria y Guadalupe was built between 1728 and 1749 as the parish church of Villa San Fernando de Bexar, the first civil settlement in Texas.By the mid-1860s the population of San Antonio had outgrown the original structure. The present building...
San Germán, Puerto Rico
This district includes more than 100 historically significant buildings, and was the home to many famous Puerto Ricans.Spanish colonists established Villa de San Germán de Auxerre, also known as Nueva Salamanca, in the early years of the 16th century. The town of San Germán grew out...
San Juan, Puerto Rico
The system of fortifications in San Juan built by the Spaniards in the early 16th century is the oldest European construction in the United States and one of the oldest in the New World.San Juan National Historic Site includes forts San Cristóbal, San Felipe del Morro, and San Juan de la...
St. Marks, Florida
The history of San Marcos de Apalache, which dates back to the 1528 landing of Spanish explorer Panfilo de Narvaez, is featured in a museum with pottery and tools as well as interpretive displays.The many different flags welcoming visitors to the park demonstrate the colorful history of this site,...