History in the United States

Step back in time at an outdoor living history museum where New Mexico's cultural traditions come alive.

The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.

It may no longer take overnight guests, but the Martin still makes out-of-towners feel at home—just like it has for the past century.

After a battle with Congress, Webb C. Hayes installed the gates of the White House on the fence of his father's Presidential Library and Museum.

An unconventional monument to one of America's largest landowners.

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

This is the cabin from which John Brown and his men launched their fateful war to end slavery on October 16, 1859.

Inspired by the work of a German artist, these brass installations commemorate the lives of enslaved Vermonters.

Nestled on the banks of the scenic Otter Tail River, this mill stands in memorial of Minnesota's flour-filled past.

For books about travel, whether factual or fictional, the perfect antiquarian does exist.

An isolated early 20th-century gold mine in the remote Pine Forest Range contains much preserved equipment.

This modest structure is where noted musician and the Band drummer Levon Helm grew up.

Sometimes called the “Little Golden Gate," this bright yellow structure is the last driveable suspension bridge in Arkansas.

This hiking trail is scattered with the remains of a failed attempt to provide water to farmers in Dry Fork Canyon.

In Indiana's first capital city of Corydon, the original State Capitol still stands among other historic buildings.

Many of the most significant figures in American history once hopped on a stagecoach in this alleyway on their way to more noteworthy destinations.