Historic Sites

Tuckahoe Plantation Tuckahoe Plantation
Richmond, Virginia

A home to the Randolph family and working farm for nearly 300 years, this plantation wa
Waveland Waveland
Lexington, Kentucky

Waveland is considered one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in Kent
Wright’s Chance/Queen Anne’s County Historical Society 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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