Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Today the Pentagon Barracks houses the offices of the lieutenant governor, the Pentagon Barracks Museum and Visitors Center, and private apartments for state legislators.The Pentagon Barracks of East Baton Rouge Parish has been won and lost by the Spanish, French, and the British, and even has the...
Pensacola, Florida
In 1821, this was the site of the transfer of west Florida to the United States. Today a monument of Andrew Jackson, who accepted the territory from the Spanish, stands on the plaza grounds.Plaza Ferdinand VII, named for the King of Spain, was the center of Pensacola town life during the Colonial...
Deerfield, Massachusetts
Opened in 1880, Memorial Hall Museum has since acquired an impressive collection of furnishings, paintings, textiles and Indian artifacts that embody the spirit of New England's rural past.Surrounded by gentle meadows and wooded hills, the 300 year old village of Deerfield speaks with quiet...
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nicknamed the "Forks of the Ohio," the park is not only the site of a confluence of major rivers, but was a pivotal turning point in the French and Indian War as well.Nicknamed the "Forks of the Ohio," the park is not only the site of a confluence of major rivers, but was a...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Samuel Powel, the last mayor of Philadelphia under the Crown, was the first mayor of the city after the creation of the United States.Built in 1765 by merchant and businessman Charles Stedman, this elegant Georgian brick mansion was purchased by Samuel Powel in 1769 at the time of his marriage to...
San Francisco, California
This site displays the rich layers of the history of the Pacific American region including Native American history, Mexican History, and American History.For 218 years, the Presidio served as an army post for three nations. World and local events, from military campaigns to the rise of aviation,...
Pensacola, Florida
The remains of the first permanent settlement in Pensacola reside at this site.This Spanish site, dating from 1698, was the first area made into a permanent settlement in Pensacola. The University of West Florida has turned the site into an outdoor exhibit, complete with a recreated portion of the...
Fairmont, West Virginia
Prickett's Fort State Park, a historical and recreational park, once provided a place of refuge from Indian attack for early settlers to the area.Both the reconstructed fort and the Job Prickett House are open for public tours from mid-April through October, with a living history style...
Piru, California
The Rancho Camulos Museum is a 40 acre National Historic Landmark, situated within an 1800 acre working ranch known as the Camulos Ranch Company.The museum comprises 15 structures: the Main Adobe, a Fountain, a Chapel, a Bell Structure, and a Winery, all built in the 19th century. Structures built...
Providence, Rhode Island
Roger Williams National Memorial commemorates the life of the founder of Rhode Island and a champion of religious freedom, who, banished from Massachusetts for his beliefs, founded Providence in 1636.The Roger Williams National Memorial is located in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. Here you can...
Salisbury, Maryland
Salisbury University Archives preserves, maintains and provides access to the records of the University, and also maintains important other historical resources.
It also manages three other important historical facilities:
the Edward H.Salisbury University Archives preserves, maintains and...
San Antonio, Texas
The legacy and history of San Antonio and this region began with a simple ceremony when in 1718 Franciscans and Spanish representatives established the first mission.Within 13 years, five were located along the San Antonio River. The missions’ purpose? To acculturate and Christianize the...
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,...
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Since its creation, San Miguel has been used as a chapel and shrine to St. Michael, a military chapel, an oratory for the Christian Brothers, a school chapel and a barrio church.The city of Santa Fe was founded in 1610, and El San Miguel (St. Michael's) Mission Church was built between 1610 and and...
Pacifica, California
The Sanchez Adobe was constructed between 1842 and 1846 by Francisco Sanchez, owner of Rancho San Pedro and one-time alcalde of San Francisco.Sanchez raised cattle for the hide-and-tallow trade. When ships came to California, Sanchez could trade his hides for manufactured items. Known as the...
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire
The museum houses objects which were originally owned by early Sandwich families. Particularly extensive collections include early tools, house furnishings and textiles.The mission of the Sandwich Historical Society is to collect and preserve the material culture and historical record of the town...
Santa Barbara, California
The museum, constructed in 1965 by the Santa Barbara Historical Society which was founded in 1932, has spent over three decades exhibiting the city's artistic and cultural heritage. Touring the Historical Museum enables visitors to see a wide array of unique artifacts, photographs, furnishings and...
Saugus, Massachusetts
Explore this place where—three hundred years ago—European iron makers brought their special skills to a young Massachusetts colony.Three hundred year old artifacts, working waterwheels, and mill machinery help to tell the story of a business failure destined to be a National Park. See photos of the...
Charles City, Virginia
The oldest plantation in Virginia and one of the finest examples on the James River, this is home to the eleventh generation of the original family who settled here in 1613.Shirley Plantation is Virginia's first plantation and one of the first economic engines of the new world. Only six years after...
Sitka, Alaska
Alaska's oldest federally designated park was established in 1910 to commemorate the 1804 Battle of Sitka.All that remains of this last major conflict between Europeans and Alaska Natives is the site of the Tlingit Fort and battlefield, located within this scenic 113 acre park in a temperate rain...
Norwich, Connecticut
As a living museum, visitors can experience 18th century civilian life as they walk through the rooms and feel a connection to those who founded this country.The Christopher Leffingwell House is unique in illustrating the development from 17th century beginnings to a mid 18th century town house....
El Paso, Texas
The present Socorro Mission was constructed around 1840 to replace an earlier 18th-century mission destroyed in 1829 by flooding of the Rio Grande.The original Franciscan mission, Nuestra Señora de la Concepción del Socorro, was founded in 1682 by the Franciscan order, to serve...
Hollywood, Maryland
The oldest remaining Tidewater plantation, Sotterley is now a National Historic Landmark open to the public for tours.The oldest remaining Tidewater plantation, Sotterley is now a National Historic Landmark open to the public for tours.
Older than Mount Vernon, older than Monticello, older than the...
Edgefield, South Carolina
Visitors can see rice and indigo, pirates and patriots, slaves and freemen, cotton fields and mill villages, swamps and waterfalls, and spirituals and bluegrass by traveling through this corridor.From Table Rock Mountain to the wharves of McClellanville, the Heritage Corridor is a setting of...
San Antonio, Texas
This stately townhouse served as the headquarters of an 18th-century Spanish military force and 19th-century Spanish governor.The Spanish Governor's Palace is an excellent example of a large Spanish colonial townhouse. Constructed in 1749, it was used as the headquarters and residence of the...
Colton's Point, Maryland
This museum overlooks and focuses on the history of St. Clement's Island, Maryland's first colonial landing spot in 1634.
This museum overlooks and focuses on the history of St. Clement's Island, Maryland's first colonial landing spot in 1634.
You will learn of the voyage of The Ark and The Dove...
Fort Pierce, Florida
This county museum features a collection of artifacts and relics, including uniforms from the Second Seminole War.This county museum features a collection of artifacts and relics, including uniforms from the Second Seminole War.
Museum includes: 1715 wreck of the Spanish treasure fleet (room that...
St. Augustine, Florida
This Greek Orthodox Shrine is dedicated to the American Greek colony founded in 1768, the first in the New World.The story of the first Greek migration to America, occurring in 1768, is retold in St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine's historic museum. Artifacts, photographs, and other...
Stratford, Virginia
This plantation, the birthplace of Robert E. Lee, encompasses 1,800 acres of farmland overlooking the Potomac River and includes nature trails, a gristmill, and formal gardens.Stratford Hall is one of the great houses of American history. Its magnificent setting on a high bluff above the Potomac...
Simi Valley, California
At the Strathearn Historical Park and Museum, visitors will be able to understand that life was like for early inhabitants of Simi Valley.The museum presents the area's history in three sections: the Chumash Indian period, the Spanish period, and the Pioneer period, with enriching displays and...
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
The Strawbery Banke Museum works to collect information on the history of Portsmouth, NH and to display the history in such a way that celebrates the founding and flourishing of this colonial port town.Strawbery Banke, Inc., an organization taking its name from the earliest settlement, was formed...
Lake George, New York
Marked by buoys and open to divers are seven of the 900 bateaux used during the British attack on Fort Carillon in the summer of 1758, as well as the 50-foot-long radeau Land Tortoise, the oldest intact war vessel in North America.From 1755 to 1763, Britain and France fought in the French and...
Easton, Maryland
The Historical Society of Talbot County promotes the heritage of the area in its museum and gardens.
The Historical Society of Talbot County's campus includes a Museum, three Historic Homes, an Auditorium and Tharpe Antiques Shop. The campus is located in charming downtown Easton, near to shops and...
Tampa, Florida
This comprehensive and imaginative museum chronicles the history of Florida and Tampa Bay.December 2008 will not only bring a comfortably cool climate to central west Florida; it will also see the opening of the Tampa Bay History Center. The Center's many exhibits will cover the past 12,500 years...
Temecula, California
Exhibits at the Temecula Valley Museum represent life in the Temecula Valley through time and different cultures that influenced the development of the area.Take a step back in time and experience the rich history of the Temecula Valley from its discovery to today. A visit to the Temecula Valley...
Exeter, New Hampshire
This museum, located in historic downtown Exeter, NH, preserves many rare artifacts from the founding of the nation and its step into independence.In 1985, a Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence was found in the Ladd-Gilman House. This amazing discovery is now a major focus of the...
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Cabildo was the seat of colonial government in New Orleans, Louisiana; declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, it is now the home of the Louisiana State Museum. The building—which had been both the site of the Louisiana Purchase Transfer and the home of the Louisiana Supreme Court which...
Charlestown, New Hampshire
The Fort at No. 4 Living History Museum is commited to preserving the early colonial history of the Northeastern United States and displaying the culture of the time with accuracy.The museum offers tours given by guides dressed in the traditional 18th century garb. Additionally, the museum...
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
The Greenbrier resort has been welcoming visitors since 1778 and is home to the Presidents Cottage Museum, the vacation site for 26 United States presidents.The Greenbrier is an award-winning resort located in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. As a National Historic landmark, The Greenbrier's...
North Augusta , South Carolina
The Olde Towne Preservation Association preserves the heritage and character of North Augusta and to pass the history onto present-day visitors in this living history park.The Olde Towne Preservation Association preserves the heritage and character of North Augusta and to pass the history onto...
Setauket, New York
Encompassing Old Field, Poquott, the Setaukets and Stony Brook, the three villages have a rich heritage that extends well beyond colonial America.The Three Village Historical hung its sign outside the Society Headquarters at 93 North Country Road in Setauket. For thirty four years the Society had...
New Bern, North Carolina
Tryon Palace is a modern recreation of the original palace, which served as the royal governors' palace of the Province of North Carolina. William Tryon commissioned the palace as he ascended to the royal governorship in 1765. He only lived in the palace for one year, leaving North Carolina in 1771...
Centreville, Maryland
This Federal-style home is the primary headquarters of the Queen Anne's Historical Society.
Tucker House, built circa 1794 by James Kennard, is a six-room house with six fireplaces connected to one main chimney. Built on the second lot to be sold in Centreville, Tucker House stands as a great...
Tumacacori, Arizona
This national park is the home to three Spanish colonial missions, which date back to the 18th century and have greatly impacted religion in the American southwest.Tumacácori NHP protects three Spanish colonial mission ruins in southern Arizona: Tumacácori, Guevavi, and Calabazas. The...
Bronx, New York
Due to its strategic position by the King's Bridge, both British and Colonial troops occupied Isaac Valentine's home throughout the Revolutionary War. The building is now the Museum of Bronx History.Blacksmith Isaac Valentine built this four-level fieldstone farmhouse in 1758 near the Boston Post...
Bronx, New York
Nestled in a 1,000-acre park, Van Cortlandt House contains an impressive collection of 18th century decorative arts and furniture.Merchant Jacobus Van Cortlandt began purchasing land in the Bronx in 1694. Gradually, he developed the property into a wheat plantation with extensive milling operations...
St. John, Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Administered by the National Park Service, the Virgin Islands National Park encompasses more than half of St. John Island, and Hassel Island in St. Thomas Harbor.The park includes areas of clear turquoise water and lush green mountains, and a total acreage of 12,908.60. Extensive vegetation covers...