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Historic Sites
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Banning Residence Museum Wilmington, California |
The house is restored with Victorian style furniture to look as it did when the Banning |
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Barker Mansion Michigan City, Indiana |
Much of the decor consists of authentic Barker family artifacts, including furnishings |
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Barlow House Museum Barlow, Kentucky |
On display in the house are many wonderful examples of Mr. |
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Barnacle, The Miami, Florida |
The distinctive vernacular architecture that prevailed in Miami at the end of the 19th |
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Barrington Hall Roswell, Georgia |
The surrounding seven acres of original grounds look the same as they did 160 years ago |
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Bartow Pell Mansion Museum Bronx, New York |
In 1836, Pell family descendant Robert Bartow and his wife, Maria Lorillard, purchased |
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Bassett Hall Williamsburg, Virginia |
One of the restored 18th-century properties at Colonial Williamsburg, this was the Will |
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Bayside Historic District Miami, Florida |
Comprised of four distinct subdivisions, Bayside mirrors the diversity and taste of its |
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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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Beattie Powers Place Catskill, New York |
The site, with sweeping views of the Hudson River and the state historic site of Olana, |
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Beauvoir: The Jefferson Davis Home & Presidential Library Biloxi, Mississippi |
The house was built by James Brown, a wealthy plantation owner from Madison County, Mis |
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Beaver County History Center Freedom, Pennsylvania |
The Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation was incorporated as a no |
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Beehive House Salt Lake City, Utah |
The second Salt Lake City home of Brigham Young, the Beehive House is modeled to appear |
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Belair Mansion Bowie, Maryland |
This restored plantation home of Samuel Ogle now displays the history of its residents |
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Belle Boyd House Museums And Gardens Martinsburg, West Virginia |
The historic home, built in 1853, features several different exhibits detailing America |
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Belle Meade Plantation Nashville, Tennessee |
The centerpiece of the property is the Belle Meade mansion built in 1853. |
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Beloit Historical Society Beloit, Wisconsin |
The Lincoln Center is the home of the Robert and Elizabeth Solem Museum. |
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Benjamin Rowe House Gilford, New Hampshire |
About 1838, Gilford farmer Benjamin Rowe decided to try his hand at making bricks. |
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Bennett Place Durham, North Carolina |
In 1865 the Confederate General Johnston and Union General Sherman met at the Bennett P |
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Betsy Ross House Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
The Betsy Ross House was built over 250 years ago. |
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Billingsley House Museum Upper Marlboro, Maryland |
Although Major John Billingsley never lived on the property he acquired from Lord Balti |
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Bishop White House Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Tours are limited to 10 people, and tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-serv |
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Bleak House Knoxville, Tennessee |
Bleak House, an antebellum mansion of fifteen spacious rooms and wide halls, stands wel |
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Blount Bridgers House Tarboro, North Carolina |
The 1808 Blount-Bridgers House, “the Grove,” is a national historic landmark, is home t |
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Blount Mansion Knoxville, Tennessee |
Nestled in the center of Downtown Knoxville's government district, Blount Mansion offer |
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Blumenschein Home & Museum Taos, New Mexico |
In the early autumn of 1898, a fortuitous accident resulted in Taos becoming a great Am |
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Boalsburg Heritage Museum Boalsburg, Pennsylvania |
Historical artifacts unique to the area can be seen on display in the museum. |
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Bolduc House Historic Properties Sainte Genevieve, Missouri |
Built in 1770 out near the river on the Le Grand Champ field by Louis Bolduc, a Canadia |
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Bonnet House Museum & Gardens Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
The American artist Frederic Clay Bartlett used the Bonnet House as his winter residenc |
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Boone County Historical Society Columbia, Missouri |
The Boone County Historical Society was formally organized in 1963 and opened its first |
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