Harrogate, Tennessee
This museum houses one of the nation's most diverse collections of books and artifacts of President Lincoln's life.Located on the beautiful campus of Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee, the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum houses one of the most diverse Lincoln and Civil War...
Springfield, Illinois
Combining scholarship and showmanship, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum communicates the life and times of Abraham Lincoln through interactive exhibits and galleries.The Illinois State Historical Library was created in 1889 by the Illinois General Assembly, which charged the new...
Quincy, Massachusetts
The park has two main sites: the Birthplaces of 2nd U.S. President John Adams and 6th U.S. President John Quincy Adams, and Peacefield including the “Old House,” home to four generations of the Adams family, and the Stone Library which contains more than 14,000 historic volumes.The park...
Branson, Missouri
With exhibits including a replica Oval Office, the museum showcases Presidential materials and collections relating to the history of the nation's Presidency and the democratic process.The museum offers a range of exhibits that trace the history of the American presidency. Visit the Oval Office,...
Greeneville, Tennessee
Once his home for 25 years, this site chronicles the life of President Andrew Johnson.The Andrew Johnson National Historic Site honors the life of the 17th President. Andrew Johnson's presidency, 1865-1869, illustrates the United States Constitution at work following President Lincoln's...
Charlottesville, Virginia
The 535-acre working farm was once owned by President James Monroe and his wife from 1793 to 1826. It continues to provide a unique representation of 19th-century American life.
At the urging of his good friend Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, the 5th U.S. president, bought the property adjacent to...
Biloxi, Mississippi
The complex includes the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library, the restored antebellum home, the Confederate Museum, and veterans cemetery.The house was built by James Brown, a wealthy plantation owner from Madison County, Mississippi. The house was started in late 1848 and was completed in 1852....
Plymouth, Vermont
Unique in American history, Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as President by his father, here in his boyhood home on August 3, 1923.The Coolidge Homestead is an important component of the activities of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation. It is also the centerpiece of the President Calvin Coolidge...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This building served as the meeting place of the U. S. Congress from 1790 to 1800 and was also the site for the presidential inaugurations of George Washington and John Adam.Constructed in 1787 - 1789 as the Philadelphia County Court House, this building served as the meeting place of the U. S....
Hyde Park, New York
The cottage was Eleanor Roosevelt's political headquarters and permanent home after the death of her husband. It is the only National Historic Site dedicated to an American First Lady.Eleanor Roosevelt chose Val-Kill for her retreat, her office, her home, and her "laboratory" for social...
Springfield, Illinois
This red brick Italianate mansion in downtown Springfield has been the home of Illinois governors since 1855, when Joel A. Matteson and his family moved in.Carefully restored in 1971, the building houses many treasures. When you walk inside, you immediately see the exquisite elliptical stairway...
Hyde Park, New York
Built under President Roosevelt’s direction during 1939-40, FDR conceived it as an institution to preserve intact all of his papers from a lifetime of public service, his personal library, and his vast collection of memorabilia.The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library is the first of...
Colonial Beach, Virginia
George Washington's Birthplace burned down in 1779, but a 1936 excavation revealed the foundation, which has since been preserved.The Memorial House and Colonial Kitchen were constructed in 1931 to recreate the home in which George Washington was born. Typical of a moderately wealthy planter of the...
Gansevoort, New York
On July 23, 1885, shortly after completing his memoirs at the four-room Adirondack cottage, President Ulysses S. Grant died of throat cancer. It was in Joseph W. Drexel's Adirondack cottage that General Ulysses S. Grant died of throat cancer on July 23, 1885. President Grant arrived at the cottage...
Vincennes, Indiana
Grouseland is the elegant Georgian home built in 1803 by William Henry Harrison when he was Governor of the Indiana Territory. Harrison was elected ninth President of the United States in 1840, so the home is a Presidential site, and exhibits contain colorful campaign memorabilia. A unique...
Marion, Ohio
This circular monument of white Georgia marble contains the remains of President and Mrs. Harding.The monument, set in ten acres of landscaped grounds, is similar in appearance to a round Greek temple. The simple Doric features and spacious surroundings combine to create one of the most beautiful...
Key West, Florida
President Truman spent his winters at what is today the Harry S. Truman Little White House Museum.The museum's exhibits range from the microcosmic (the 1948 election) to the macrocosmic (the state of the world at the time of Truman's election), and it broadens its scope to include the 13 other...
Independence, Missouri
Visitors experience the surroundings Harry Truman knew from his formative years as a 22-year-old youth of modest ambition through his retirement and death at age 88 as a former president of the U.S.Harry S Truman National Historic Site opened to the public on May 15, 1984. In her will, Mrs. Truman...
West Branch, Iowa
The future president was born in a small, two-room cottage in 1874 and today the Birthplace Cottage is the centerpiece of Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.Start at the Visitor Center to get your map and plan your day. See a 12-minute film and exhibits on Herbert Hoover's childhood. Take a self...
Hyde Park, New York
The Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site contains "Springwood", the lifelong home of America's only 4-term President. Also on the site is the Presidential Library and Museum, operated by the National Archives."All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on...
Columbia, Tennessee
U.S. President James K. Polk's home is open to the public and displays objects from his life and presidency.U.S. President James K. Polk's home is open to the public and displays objects from his life and presidency.Visitors can learn about the 11th President, the youngest up to the time, who...
Plains, Georgia
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter learned the importance of hard work, honesty, virtue, love and mercy in the quaint, rural town of Plains, Georgia.Whether you are a Carter enthusiast, a researcher, or just curious how a small town influenced a young boy who would become the president of the most powerful...
Lincoln City, Indiana
The Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial preserves the place where Abraham Lincoln learned to laugh with his father, cried over the death of his mother, read the books that opened his mind, and triumphed over the adversities of life on the frontier.At the Memorial Visitor Center, visitors can watch...
Springfield, Illinois
The Lincoln family began attending the church in 1850 after the death of three-year-old Edward Lincoln. Their pew is on display.The Lincoln family began attending the church in 1850 after the death of three-year-old Edward Lincoln. Dr. James Smith, the pastor at the time, had conducted Eddie's...
Lerna, Illinois
Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site was the 1840s home of Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln, father and stepmother of our 16th president. Today, Lincoln Log Cabin is an 86-acre historic site that is owned and operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Division of Historic Sites. The site...
Washington, District Of Columbia
“In this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the Union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever.”Beneath these words, the 16th President of the United States—the Great Emancipator and preserver of the nation during the Civil War—sits immortalized in marble. As an...
Petersburg, Illinois
Everyone acquainted with the Village of New Salem realizes it is more than a collection of log homes and buildings. It is the reconstruction of a Time and Place that enabled a once poor common man like Abraham Lincoln to rise to national prominence and importance through his own diligence and drive...
Springfield, Illinois
Dedicated in 1874, Lincoln Tomb is the final resting place of 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln, his wife Mary, and three of their four sons, Edward, William, and Thomas.The 117-foot Tomb, designed by sculptor Larkin Mead, is constructed of brick sheathed with Quincy granite. The...
Springfield, Illinois
The Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices are within the only remaining building in which Abraham Lincoln maintained a law office. The site consists of the surviving portion of a three-story brick commercial block constructed in 1840-41. Exterior details reflect the then-popular Greek Revival architectural...
Johnson City, Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park tells the story of our 36th President beginning with his ancestors and ending with his final resting place on his beloved LBJ Ranch.This entire "circle of life" gives the visitor a unique perspective into one of America's most noteworthy citizens...
Kinderhook, New York
This home, known as Lindenwald, was residence to the 8th U.S. president, Martin Van Buren, during his retirement in the late 19th century.Van Buren was preeminent among the second generation of American politicians. As eighth President – the first born under the U.S. flag – he continued...
Lexington, Kentucky
This two-story brick building on West Main Street was home to Robert S. Todd and his family, including his daughter Mary, wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.Mary Todd was not born at this house but moved here with her family in 1832 when she was 14 years old. For four...
Charlottesville, Virginia
Italian for "little mountain," Monticello is the self-designed home of Thomas Jefferson, the nation's third President and principal author of the Declaration of Independence.Construction began in 1769 according to Jefferson's first design, which was completed (except for porticoes and...
Montpelier Station, Virginia
The lifelong home of James Madison, this 2750-acre estate includes farmland, race courses, formal gardens, trails through a National Landmark Forest, and working archaeological sites.Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Orange, Virginia, Montpelier was the lifelong home of James...
Mount Pulaski, Illinois
This Greek Revival courthouse, built in 1848, served as the Logan County seat of government until 1855 and was where attorney Abraham Lincoln gained his reputation as an accomplished practitioner of law and a gifted speaker.The two-story brick building stands at the center of the Mount Pulaski...
Keystone, South Dakota
Mount Rushmore is one of the most recognizable monuments in the country; this incredible display of nature and sculpting stands to honor four of the country's greatest presidents.Mount Rushmore National Memorial is host to almost three million visitors a year from across the country and around the...
Washington, District Of Columbia
At 7:22am on April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died on a bed in the Petersen House. The narrow building adjoins to Ford's Theatre and is open for tours.At 7:22am on April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died on a bed in the Petersen House. The narrow building adjoins to Ford's Theatre...
Forest, Virginia
While president, Thomas Jefferson designed and built this octagonal retreat and visited it many times each year when he wanted privacy.Poplar Forest was an important part of Jefferson’s life – a private retreat, situated far from the public scrutiny and demands on his time. It was his...
Indianapolis, Indiana
This site was the home of former U.S. president, Benjamin Harrison. This museum is dedicated to Benjamin Harrison's achievements and his impact on United States history. As an educational and historical service, the home seeks to promote patriotism and citizenship through...
Pineville, North Carolina
This historic site preserves artifacts and heritage from North Carolina native, U.S. President James K. Polk.The reconstructed house is typical of those during Polk’s childhood. The kitchen and house are authentically furnished with period pieces from the early 1800s. The visitor center...
Washington, District Of Columbia
During the Civil War, President Lincoln and his family resided here from June to November of 1862, 1863 and 1864.During the Civil War, President Lincoln and his family resided here from June to November of 1862, 1863 and 1864.Designated a National Monument by President Clinton in 2000, President...
Lubec, Maine
This site was the vacation home to one of the nation's most influential Presidents, Frankilin D. Roosevelt, and his family.For many years, Franklin D. Roosevelt summered on Campobello Island. As an adult, he shared with his family the same active pursuits he enjoyed on the island as child. Although...
Fremont, Ohio
The Hayes Presidential Center contains the residence of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States, a library and museum, and the tomb of the president and his wife Lucy Webb HayesThe museum of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center was started by the President's second son,...
Oyster Bay, New York
Sagamore Hill was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the US, from 1885 until his death in 1919.Sagamore Hill is a destination for tens of thousands of visitors each year. People who appreciate history really enjoy visiting the site. It provides a fine example of a well-preserved 19th...
Charles City, Virginia
Sherwood Forest Plantation was the home of President John Tyler from 1842 until his death in 1862. His family has continued to occupy the plantation ever since.The plantation, first recorded in a 1616 land grant, was originally known as Smith's Hundred. The house was built around 1720 and is a...
Hillsborough, New Hampshire
The 14th President of the United States, Franklin Pierce, spent his childhood in this historic home that is now preserved as a museum and available for tours.The Pierce Homestead was built in 1804 by Benjamin Pierce the year his son, Franklin, was born. The large spacious rooms, the hand stenciled...
Nashville, Tennessee
Tour guides in period dress take visitors around the grounds of Andrew Jackson's estate.The Hermitage mansion has been meticulously restored to its 1837 appearance and today looks much as it did when Andrew Jackson returned to it after finishing his second term as President. After the home was...
Manhatten, New York
Against the trend of his adult life, Theodore Roosevelt was born in a New York City brownstone; visitors come here to catch a glimpse into the childhood of our 26th President.Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, lived at this site from his birth on October 27, 1858 until he...
Washington, District Of Columbia
Located on the Potomac River Tidal Basin, the memorial, dedicated in 1943, has become a familiar and integral component of The National Mall's skyline.The words of Thomas Jefferson, some written more than 200 years ago, have shaped American ideals. Today, many of these impressive, stirring words...
Oakland, California
The USS Potomac, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Floating White House", is a vibrant part of the East Bay Waterfront that provides insight into FDR's life and legacy.The Potomac is open for docent-led dockside tours mid-January through mid-December. Tours are approximately 45 minutes long....