The house was built in 1888, and is filled with beautiful furnishings and mementos of the family. Here, the author, John Fox, Jr., wrote The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, fourteen other full length novels, and more than 500 short stories. Guided tours are conducted through the house.
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Navy – Merchant Marine Memorial Washington, District Of Columbia |
Located in Lady Bird Johnson Park on Columbia Island, the Navy-Merchant Marine Memorial |
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Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park Key West, Florida |
Named after 12th president Zachary Taylor, the U. S. |
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Wright’s Chance/Queen Anne’s County Historical Society Centreville, Maryland |
Dating back to the 1700s, Wright's Chance is a Colonial period plantation house. |
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The Powder Magazine Charleston, South Carolina |
Construction began on The Powder Magazine in 1712 and was completed by 1713, making it |
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Del Webb Sun Cities Museum Sun City, Arizona |
The Sun Cities Area Historical Society/Del Webb Sun Cities Museum is dedicated to the p |
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Steamship Historical Society of America East Providence, Rhode Island |
THE STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA was established in 1935 as a means of bring |
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Tryon Palace New Bern, North Carolina |
Tryon Palace is a modern recreation of the original palace, which served as the royal g |
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Hampton-Preston Mansion & Gardens Columbia, South Carolina |
One of Columbia's oldest remaining historic houses, the Hampton-Preston Mansion was hom |
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Old Sturbridge Village Sturbridge, Massachusetts |
Old Sturbridge Village is the largest living history museum in New England, spanning o |
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St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine St. Augustine, Florida |
The story of the first Greek migration to America, occurring in 1768, is retold in St. |
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Boiling Spring Academy Brentwood, Tennessee |
The Boiling Spring Academy is a restored 1830 one room school house located in Primm Hi |
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San Francisco De Asis Mission Church Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico |
San Francisco de Asís Mission Church, c. |
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Fort Clinch State Park Fernandina Beach, Florida |
Although no battles were fought here, the fort was garrisoned during both the Civil and |
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San Marcos De Apalache Historic State Park St. Marks, Florida |
The many different flags welcoming visitors to the park demonstrate the colorful histor |
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Banadero Cave Saipan, |
The Marianas were captured by Japan in 1914 and became a bloody battle ground in World |
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Fort Brown Brownsville, Texas |
The initial fort was an earthen fortification constructed by Taylor's troops and called |
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Fort Mims Stockton, Alabama |
In 1813, people on America’s southwestern frontier were fearful. |
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Pea Ridge National Military Park Garfield, Arkansas |
Pea Ridge is the site of one of the most important battles of the American Civil War. |
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Fort Pulaski National Monument Savannah, Georgia |
The Battle for Fort Pulaski in April 1862 marked a turning |
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Pentagon Barracks Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
The Pentagon Barracks of East Baton Rouge Parish has been won and lost by the Spanish, |
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Constitution Island Highland Falls, New York |
In 1778, less than halfway through the Revolutionary War, the Americans were able to fo |
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Fort Michilimackinac Mackinaw City, Michigan |
Much of this site is geared toward young children. |
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Oatlands Plantation Leesburg, Virginia |
Construction of the estate began in 1803 in the Federal style and surprisingly finished |
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Belle Grove Plantation Middletown, Virginia |
Belle Grove was home to the sister, Nelly Conway Madison, of President James Madison. |
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Laura Plantation Vacherie, Louisiana |
Named by Lonely Planet Travel as the "Best History Tour in the U.S.," the one-hour guid |
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Poplar Grove Plantation Wilmington, North Carolina |
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Ah Tah Thi Ki Museum Big Cypress Indian Reservation, Florida |
The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum on Big Cyrpess Reservation explore |
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Westmoreland County Historical Society Greensburg, Pennsylvania |
Westmoreland County gets its nickname because for many years it was considered the gate |
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Beall Dawson Historic House Museum Rockville, Maryland |
Though today Rockville, MD, is a bustling suburb of the nation's capital, it was but a |
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Mine Creek Battlefield Pleasanton, Kansas |
On October 25, 1864, approximately 2,800 Union troops attacked and |