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From the sweet little farm at the foot of Penn’s Hill to the gentleman’s country estate at Peace field, Adams …

Centered on the north slope of Beacon Hill, the African American community of 1800s Boston led the city and th…

. . . where you can walk a Civil War-era fort, visit historic lighthouses, explore tide pools, hike lush trail…

Discover how one city could be the Cradle of Liberty, site of the first major battle of American Revolution, a…

The great Outer Beach described by Thoreau in the 1800s is protected within the national seashore. Forty miles…

When Samuel Colt started his Hartford factory on the banks of the Connecticut River in 1847, it followed years…

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is recognized as the founder of American landscape architecture and the nati…

As a boy, JFK’s parents never expected he would grow up to be president. Yet in his birthplace home he learned…

Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site preserves the home of Henry W. Longfellow, o…

Discover the Continuing Revolution. Lowell’s water-powered textile mills catapulted the nation – including imm…

At Minute Man National Historical Park the opening battle of the Revolution is brought to life as visitors exp…

"The town itself is perhaps the dearest place to live in, in all New England..nowhere in all America will you …

From the Sound to the Summits: the New England Trail covers 215 miles from Long Island Sound across long ridge…

Established on March 17, 1938 as the first National Historic Site in the United States, Salem Maritime Nationa…

In the 1600's, on the banks of the Saugus River, something extraordinary happened! Explore the place where Eur…

For nearly two centuries, the U.S. Armed Forces and American industry looked to Springfield Armory for innovat…