
Explore the Erie Canal and discover America's most famous and influential man-made waterway, where the New York State Canal System shined.
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Explore the Erie Canal and discover America's most famous and influential man-made waterway, where the New York State Canal System shined.
America's only Nobel Prize winning playwright, Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, chose to live in California at the climax of his writing career.
Here on Wall Street, George Washington became our first President. Federal Hall is also home to our first Congress, Supreme Court, and Executive Branch offices.
Fire Island, just one hour east of New York City, has been a special place for diverse plants, animals, and people for centuries.
The site is managed by the National Park Service and operated by the National First Ladies' Library to honor our First Ladies.
Famous as the First State to ratify the U.S. Constitution, Delaware's state story spans American history from the American Revolution to present day.
Beneath a grassy mountain valley in central Colorado lies one of the richest and most diverse fossil deposits in the world, including petrified Sequoia trees.
Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. memorializes a day ingrained in American history: the day President Lincoln was assassinated.
The site of a Chiricahua Apache and U.S. military conflict, Fort Bowie National Historic Site remembers U.S. soldiers who settled the western frontier.
Timucuan Fort Caroline National Memorial honors the short-lived French presence in 16th century Florida. Enjoy hiking paths and historical re-enactments.
Fort Davis, of the best examples of an Indian Wars frontier military post in the Southwest, protected emigrants and transportation on the Chihuahua Trail.
Spanning Kentucky and Tennessee, Fort Donelson National Battlefield marks the site where Grant and his troops created a pathway to Union victory.
Spanish and British forces clashed on St. Simons Island. Fort Frederica's troops defeated the Spanish, ensuring Georgia's future as a British colony.