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Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
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Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site

Pennsylvania

The first railroad to circumvent the Allegheny Mountains, the Allegheny Portage Railroad was the finishing pie…

Amache National Historic Site
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Amache National Historic Site

Colorado

Amache, also known as the Granada Relocation Center, near Granada, Colorado was one of ten incarceration sites…

Andersonville National Historic Site
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Andersonville National Historic Site

Georgia

Nearly 13,000 men died on these grounds, a site that became infamous even before the Civil War ended. Their bu…

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
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Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

Tennessee

Andrew Johnson's complex presidency (1865-69) illustrates the Constitution at work following the Civil War. As…

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Colorado

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site features a reconstructed 1840s adobe fur trading post on the mountain b…

Boston African American National Historic Site
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Boston African American National Historic Site

Massachusetts

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

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
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Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

North Carolina

“I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write as they do. After hundreds of experiments I dec…

Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
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Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site

District of Columbia

Before Dr. Carter G. Woodson, there was very little accurate written history about the lives and experiences o…

Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
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Charles Pinckney National Historic Site

South Carolina

Charles Pinckney was a principal author and signer of the United States Constitution, and went on to be a poli…

Clara Barton National Historic Site
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Clara Barton National Historic Site

Virginia

Clara Barton dedicated her life and energies to help others in times of need - both home and abroad, in peacet…

Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
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Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site

Pennsylvania

Described as horrifying, mystifying, and brilliant, Poe’s writing has engaged readers all over the globe. The …

Eisenhower National Historic Site
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Eisenhower National Historic Site

Pennsylvania

Eisenhower National Historic Site preserves the farm of General and 34th President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Adjac…

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
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Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

New York

Visit the home of Eleanor Roosevelt. Here, Franklin and Eleanor entertained friends, state visitors, the press…

Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site
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Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site

California

America's only Nobel Prize winning playwright, Eugene O'Neill, chose to live in Northern California at the hei…

First Ladies National Historic Site
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First Ladies National Historic Site

Ohio

First Ladies National Historic Site consists of two properties in downtown Canton, Ohio - the home of First La…

Fort Bowie National Historic Site
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Fort Bowie National Historic Site

Arizona

Fort Bowie witnessed almost 25 years of conflict between the Chiricahua Apache and the US Army, and remains a …

Fort Davis National Historic Site
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Fort Davis National Historic Site

Texas

Fort Davis is one of the best surviving examples of an Indian Wars' frontier military post in the Southwest. F…

Fort Laramie National Historic Site
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Fort Laramie National Historic Site

Wyoming

Originally established as a private fur trading fort in 1834, Fort Laramie evolved into the largest and best k…

Fort Larned National Historic Site
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Fort Larned National Historic Site

Kansas

Discover a complete and authentic army post from the 1860s -1870s! This well-preserved fort on the Santa Fe Tr…

Fort Point National Historic Site
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Fort Point National Historic Site

California

From its vantage point overlooking the spectacular Golden Gate, Fort Point defended the San Francisco Bay foll…

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
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Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

North Carolina

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site protects and preserves known portions of England's first New World settlem…

Fort Scott National Historic Site
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Fort Scott National Historic Site

Kansas

Promises made and broken! Who deserves to be free? The fight for freedom! Soldiers fighting settlers! Each of …

Fort Smith National Historic Site
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Fort Smith National Historic Site

Arkansas

Explore life on the edge of frontier and Indian Territory through the stories of soldiers, the Trail of Tears,…

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
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Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

North Dakota

Between 1828 and 1867, Fort Union was the most important fur trade post on the Upper Missouri River. Here, the…