Bar Harbor, Maine
Acadia has a rich human history that includes Native Americans, European settlers, artists, conservationists, and more.People have been drawn to the rugged coast of Maine throughout history. Awed by its beauty and diversity, early 20th-century visionaries donated the land that became Acadia...
St. Francisville, Louisiana
Begun in 1849 and restored in 1915, the terraced garden of Afton Villa stands as an outstanding example of antebellum landscape architecture.The 140 acres of rolling countryside which house the gardens include a mile and a half driveway enveloped by an alley of live oaks. The landscaping effects at...
Gainesville, Florida
The Alachua Co. Historic Trust offers several venues within its museum complex to explore the history of the greater Gainesville area.The Museum complex includes 4 sites: the Matheson Museum, housing the exhibit hall and research library, the Matheson House, the Tison Tool Museum, and Sweetwater...
Gallitzin, Pennsylvania
Nestled in the woods of Central Pennsylvania, this mid-19th century railroad was considered a technological marvel of its day.Covering 1249 acres, the park serves as the site of what remains of the Allegheny Portage Railroad, the first incline railroad constructed through the Allegheny Mountains in...
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
This tropical island plays host to the memorial, which acknowledges and pays homage to the soldiers who fought in the Marianas Campaign of WWII.American Memorial Park honors the American and Marianas people who gave their lives during the Marianas Campaign of World War II. Over 5,000 names are...
Blountville, Tennessee
Once inhabited by Native Americans and pioneers alike, these caverns feature archeological sites, walking tours, and nearby campgrounds.For many years the cavern lay in silence broken only by the sound of the water, the animals that called it home and the occasional human who made their way into it...
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...
Aztec, New Mexico
At the Aztec Ruins, visitors can follow ancient passageways to a distant time and explore West Ruin, a center of ancestral Pueblo society that once housed over 500 masonry rooms.Aztec Ruins provides visitors an intimate opportunity to explore the ancient Puebloan “great house” known as...
Los Alamos, New Mexico
At Bandelier, evidence of the Ancestral Pueblo people can be found in the dwellings, artifacts, and continuing culture of the modern pueblo.Bandelier has a long human history and links to the modern Pueblos. Early Spanish settlers, the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC), and the National Park Service...
Dillon, Montana
Bannack was founded in 1862 when John White discovered gold on Grasshopper Creek.As news of the gold strike spread many prospectors and businessmen rushed to Bannack hoping to strike it rich. In 1864, Bannack was named as the first Territorial Capital of Montana. Remaining in Bannack for only a...
Dundalk, Maryland
The Battle of North Point occurred at this site on September 12, 1814.
Battle Acre Park is a 1-acre site dedicated in 1839 to commemorate those who fought in the Battle of North Point on September 12, 1814. Regiments of the Maryland militia engaged in battles with the British Army at the same time...
Richmond, Kentucky
In late August 1862, Confederates under Maj. Gen. E. Kirby Smith defeated a Union army commanded by Maj. Gen. Bull Nelson on the site of this 62-acre park.
The grounds contain the 1825 Pleasant View house, which became a Confederate hospital after the battle, slave quarters, and walking...
Millinocket, Maine
The park strives to provide recreational opportunities to the public in accordance with Baxter's trust provisions, to operate and maintain the park for the use and enjoyment of all visitors.Percival P. Baxter was governor of Maine from 1921 to 1924. When he passed away in 1969, Baxter left a trust...
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
George Washington was one of the first visitors to the park's famed water mineral springs, which have been offering bathhouse and spa treatment for over 250 years.The warm mineral springs that naturally bubble up in Berkeley Springs State Park have been prized for at least 250 years. Placed on the...
Nashville, Tennessee
Park rangers guide visitors through this 19 acre park that was designed around the Tennessee Capitol Building.The center section of the park features a 2,000-seat amphitheater, composed of terraced lawns providing dramatic views of the State Capitol building. Its design is patterned after Greek...
Stockport, Ohio
There are picnic tables, information signs, and a twelve-foot marble obelisk commemorating a 1791 skirmish between settlers and Native Americans at this pleasant outdoor site.Named for the broad Muskingum floodplain, the three acre Big Bottom park is the site of a skirmish between Ohio Company...
Homestead, Florida
This national park protects combination of aquamarine waters, islands, and coral reefs, along with 10,000 years of human history, from pirates and shipwrecks to pineapple farmers and presidents.Although Biscayne National Park was established for its natural history, signs of people and the many...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Lexington, Kentucky
Visitors to Boone's Station will walk a one-mile trail in the footsteps of Daniel Boone, the famous pioneer who established the settlement in 1779.Daniel Boone (1734-1820), known for his role in the exploring and settling of the Kentucky frontier decided that the settlement of Boonesborough had...
Boston, Massachusetts
All within reach of downtown Boston, the Harbor Islands allows visitors to walk a Civil War-era fort and visit historic lighthouses.Many of the Boston Harbor Islands contain buildings and structures related to such uses as coastal defense, agriculture, commercial fishing, year-round and summer...
Sedalia, Missouri
Visitors can tour the lodge and enjoy the natural beauty of Stonyridge Farm while hiking Stonyridge Trail.Sitting atop a 120-foot bluff, Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site can't be missed by travelers heading north on Highway 65 from Sedalia. This castle-like building was constructed between 1897...
Buffalo, New York
USS Little Rock, USS The Sullivans, and USS Croaker are among the historic ships on display at the naval park.Besides viewing exhibits and ships, creative use of the park has spanned an incredibly wide range. It doesn't matter whether it's a small intimate gathering or an event for 400 guests.
Flagler Beach, Florida
Visitors can tour the sugar mill ruins and learn about the plantation's history at the interpretive center.Visitors can tour the sugar mill ruins and learn about the plantation's history at the interpretive center.
In 1836, the Second Seminole War swept away the prosperous Bulow Plantation where...
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...
Collinsville, Illinois
The remains of the most sophisticated prehistoric native civilization north of Mexico are preserved at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park.The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization designated Cahokia Mounds a World Heritage Site for its importance to our understanding of...
Fairfield, Utah
This was the site of a rumored rebellion in Utah that brought 3,500 troops to the area.Camp Floyd / Stagecoach Inn State Park Museum is Utah's link with the Civil War. The quiet streets of Fairfield hold the secrets of 3,500 troops, nearly one-third of the entire U.S. Army at that time, which were...
Kentwood, Louisiana
These grounds were the site of a training camp of 25,000 Louisiana soldiers in the Confederacy before entering the Civil War.In May 1861, the site for the camp was selected and the troops began to arrive. The new camp was named for Governor Thomas Overton Moore, and Confederate Brig. General E. L....
Clifftop, West Virginia
The facility nurtures the cultural heritage embodied in the site since its dedication in 1942 as a 4-H camp for West Virginia's African-American youth.Camp Washington-Carver, a Mountain Cultural Arts Center operated by the state of West Virginia, is listed on the National Register of Historic...
Natchitoches, Louisiana
The hand-hewn beams, bousillage walls and fencerows of local Creole plantations remind visitors of the people who left behind a legacy of rural landscapes and farms.In 18th century Louisiana, Creole referred to locally born Spaniards, French and enslaved people. After the Louisiana Purchase, Creole...
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...
Chinle, Arizona
Reflecting one of the longest continuously inhabited landscapes of North America, the cultural resources of Canyon de Chelly include distinctive architecture, artifacts, and rock imagery.Canyon de Chelly also sustains a living community of Navajo people, who are connected to a landscape of great...
Eastham, Massachusetts
The great Outer Beach described by Thoreau in the 1800s is protected within this national seashore. Forty miles of pristine sandy beach, marshes, ponds, and uplands support diverse species.Lighthouses, cultural landscapes, and wild cranberry bogs offer a glimpse of Cape Cod’s past and...
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...
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The caverns provide a historical look at 113 of some of the largest caves in North America, formed when sulfuring acid dissolved the surrounding limestone.The park’s cultural resources represent a long and varied continuum of human use starting in prehistoric times, and illustrating many...
Coolidge, Arizona
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument preserves an ancient Hohokam farming community and "Great House."Casa Grande Ruins is the first archeological site to be preserved by the federal government and the fifth oldest unit in the National Park Service. Set aside as a federal land reserve in...
Springerville, Arizona
Mysteriously abandoned in the early 15th century, Casa Malpais Archaeological Park is situated atop a rim of volcanic rock overlooking the Little Colorado River's Round Valley.The Mogollan people occupied Casa Malpais, which means "House of the Badlands," for almost 200 years before...
Cass, West Virginia
The Cass Scenic Railroad is the same line built in 1901 to haul lumber to the mill in Cass. Visitors can ride in the refurbished, original passenger cars, and stop by a museum showcasing logging artifacts and tools.Nestled in the mountains of West Virginia, Cass Scenic Railroad State Park...
New York, New York
Located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, Castle Clinton represents not only the growth of New York City, but the growth of a nation as well.First intended to keep out a British invasion in 1812, the Castle has transformed over the years to welcome theater goers, immigrants, sightseers and...
Thurmont, Maryland
The forests of Catoctin Mountain Park, which became a protected national park through New Deal legislation, provide a variety of recreational opportunities in Maryland.President Franklin D. Roosevelt created programs to give people a chance to rebuild their lives from the Great Depression. The...
Middletown, Virginia
Cedar Creek Battlefield and the Lower Shenandoah Valley that encompasses it have rich histories that span many themes and generations, from the Native Americans, through the Civil War and to the present.At the time of European contact American Indian groups, including Piedmont Siouans, Catawbas,...
Nageezi, New Mexico
Chaco Canyon was a major center of Puebloan culture between AD 850 and 1250.The Chacoan sites are part of the homeland of Pueblo Indian peoples of New Mexico, the Hopi Indians of Arizona, and the Navajo Indians of the Southwest. The majority of the park and cultural sites are self-guided year-round...
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...
Hastings, Michigan
The park is a place to spend the day to enjoy special events, the recreational area, or the outdoors.School groups choosing the “Live-in” program get hands-on experience in rural 19th century life. Students can assist with seasonal chores in a household without electricity or running...
Washington, District Of Columbia
The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, a source of trade and transportation for 19th- century communities along the Potomac River, spans over 180 miles of scenic nature trails.In the 19th century the C&O Canal provided jobs and opportunities for people throughout the Potomac River Valley. Today the...
Hagerstown, Maryland
Preserving America’s colorful canal era and transportation history, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park is 184.5 miles of adventure.Originally, the C&O Canal was a lifeline for communities and businesses along the Potomac River as coal, lumber, grain and other...