American Heritage: Historic Sites, Museums and Battlefields across the US

The society was formed in 1974 by a group of 25 people interested in preserving local history. Membership has grown to over 300 from all over the United States.

Built 150 years ago, and virtually unaltered, the Zachary-Tolbert House, a rare example of Greek Revival-style architecture, serves as a monument to the pioneer settlers of Cashiers Valley.

The Yolo County Historical Museum houses collections of furnishings and artifacts depicting the various eras from the 1850’s to the 1930’s.

Originally built in 1901 and extensively remodeled by George Maher in 1907, this house has been restored to reflect the time period of 1915.

The society, founded in 1981, currently has a vigorous program to collect, preserve and catalog items of Wyoming history.

 This historic home was built by Indiana University's first president, Andrew Wylie, in 1835.

Housed in the turn of the century Myers Cottage, the museum chronicles the past century of Wrightsville Beach and features a 12-foot model of the area as it was in 1910.

On the front porch of this Queen Anne Victorian home, Joel Chandler Harris penned many of the Brer Rabbit tales.

This expansive 19th century estate once belonging to Martha Washington's daughter.

Winterthur, an American country estate, is the former home of Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969), an antiques collector and horticulturist.

The society, founded in 1921, examines over 370 years of Windsor's history through exhibitions, education programs, publications, active collecting, and research.

This elegant relic of American aristocracy provides daily tours, picnicking on the grounds, and a "Haunted House" tour each October.

This restored Georgian-style building was the home of William Paca, one of four Marylanders to sign the Declaration of Independence.

From the time of his birth in 1857 until he embarked on a political career that would win him the two highest offices in the nation, William Howard Taft lived here, surrounded by family and what his mother called "inspiration to everything that was good."

The famous pioneer of literary realism, William Dean, stayed at this house in the winter of 1916.

The boyhood home of one of America's foremost 19th-century poets, the William Cullen Bryant Homestead is a National Historic Landmark.

Pulitzer-Prize winning author and nationally known newspaperman, William Allen White, built this home often called "Red Rocks," in Emporia.

The adult home of John Greenleaf Whittier is the place where he produced a number of his famous works and led his life as a poet and abolitionist.

The 1828 home of James Buchanan, the last American President before the Civil War ruptured the political landscape of the country.

The purpose of the museum is to encourage, coordinate, and bring about a greater public interest in heritage and, in particular, that of Flint, Michigan.

The Whalehead club stands majestically on the shores of Currituck Sound and has withstood hurricanes and northeasters, witnessed a series of owners, and entertained hundreds of visitors.

This 19th-century home holds an extensive collection of French antiques.

The Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion is the former home of New Hampshire's first royal governor, Benning Wentworth, who served in office from 1741 to 1767.

Weir Farm National Historic Site has served as home and inspiration to three generations of artists.

This historic home, built in the late 18th century, offers self-guided tours and a research library.

The Waterhouse Residence Museum evokes the glamour and spectacle of Orange County in the 1880s, a time when the Gilded Age had all of Florida in thrall.

Washington Irving's self-designed home provides a three-dimensional autobiography of the noted American writer.

The main structure of the Miller House, which serves as the Washington County Historical Society headquarters, was built for prominent young attorney William Prince, who got the house in 1823.

This complex explores the late 19th century history of the Mandarin community.

Step back in time to the humble dwelling of the "Good Gray Poet," Walt Whitman.

This newly restored farmhouse, built in 1819, is the birthplace of one of America's most famous poets, Walt Whitman.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) grew up in this Portland house and went on to become one of the most famous men of his time.

The sprawling, scenic grounds of the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens once served as the winter residence of the wealthy post-WWI industrialist James Deering.

Constructed in 1929 from the remains of a 16th-century English manor, the house retains much of its original decor, including English and Spanish antiques, silk draperies, Oriental carpets, and fine silver and china.

Villa Louis is a large estate developedin the 1840s by the family of fur trader, lumberman, and land speculator Hercules Louis Dousman that has since become a tribute to the family and to the time period.

This building is an outstanding example of nineteenth-century American architecture and design. With remarkably intact original interiors and decorations, it survives as a unique example of the princely palaces created for America’s wealthiest citizens in the pre-Civil War era.

This pioneer farmstead, tucked in the Reems Creek Valley, features the birthplace of Zebulon Baird Vance. -

Built in 1786 by Uriah Van Riper for his bride Maria (Polly) Berdan, this New Jersey Dutch colonial house offers a rare walk back in time.

Living history at this stone manor house captures the domestic life of the Van Cortlandts, a family that rose to political prominence after the Revolutionary War.

Located on the American side of the road at the Battle of Germantown, Upsala provided an ideal location for General Washington's army to place their cannons for their attack on the British.

The Grant National Historic Site allows visitors to step into the 19th century home life of one of the Civil War's most prominent genrals and the nation's 18th president, Ulysses S. Grant.

Finished in 1913, Trail End was the home of the John B. Kendrick family.

This expansive and verdant state park features an opulent plantation including Civil War-era Confederate cannon installations.

The home of author, humorist, and New Yorker cartoonist James Thurber and his family when Thurber was a student at Ohio State University, Thurber House is now a literary center and museum of Thurber materials.

The Thornton W. Burgess Museum features a variety of memorabilia relating to the life and times of Thornton Burgess - the famed children’s author and native son of Sandwich, MA.

Depicted as "Dixieland" in Wolfe's novel Look Homeward, Angel, this historic Old Kentucky Home boarding house, run by Wolfe's mother, was home to the author for ten years.

Located on the last two acres of the original 320 given to Thomas Paine by New York State in 1784, visitors will find Thomas Paine's second cottage (rebuilt after a fire claimed the first one in 1793), and the Sophia Brewster One-Room Schoolhouse.

The 14th President of the United States, Franklin Pierce, spent his childhood in this historic home that is now preserved as a museum and available for tours.

Located in the historic home of Russian born artist Nicolai Fechin, the Taos Art Museum's permanent collection includes over 300 works of art by more that 50 Taos artists.

One of America's foremost playwrights, Eugene O'Neill, purchased the Tao House in Danville using his Nobel Prize award of $40,000. The site now celebrates O'Neill's vision and legacy.

This served as famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and school in the desert from 1937 until his death in 1959 at the age of 91. Today, it houses the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

In addition to being a noted member of the "Hoosier Group" of American Impressionist painters, Theodore Clement Steele was an artist of international reputation who in 1907 built "The House of the Singing Winds" atop a hill in Brown County, Indiana.

The Ferguson was built in 1907. T.B. Ferguson was appointed to serve as Oklahoma's sixth territorial governor by President Theodore Roosevelt.

The house shares the story of Susan B. Anthony’s lifelong struggle to gain voting rights for women and equal rights for all.

Mary Surratt's home was a Confederate underground location central to the assassination plot on Abraham Lincoln.

The beautiful historic home of Fort Lauderdale pioneer Frank Stranahan is made complete with a local history museum.

One of the few surviving First Hill homes to have survived in its original form, the Stimson-Green House today provides the rare opportunity to visit residential life in early 20th century Seattle.

Stenton is known as one of the earliest and best preserved historic houses in Philadelphia.

The hall and gardens is Akron’s only National Historic Landmark and Save America’s Treasures project. It is accredited by the American Association of Museums.

The St. Vrain Historical Society provides tours and information of several different historical locations: the Hover home, the Old Mill Park, St. Stephen's Church, and a walking tour of Longmont's other historical homes.

The St. Mary's County Historical Society features two museums: one in Tudor Hall and the Old Jail.

The home is an 1820's rural home complete with furnishings collected over the decades by Quakers Thomas and Charity Rotch, who built the house, and by three generations of the Wales family who later lived there.

Small by today's standards, the house was a "public place" and gathering spot for early Draper residents.

At one time thousands of sod houses dotted the plains region of North America. This "soddy" built by Marshal McCully in 1894 is the only one still standing in Oklahoma that was built by a homesteader.

Built by one of antebellum North Carolina's most influential citizens, this property was once the home of mayors, a Confederate Major, and friends of the Vanderbilts at nearby Biltmore Estate.

From 1885 to 1902, this was the home of Sinclair Lewis, the first American author to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.

Poet, musician, and soldier Sidney Lanier was born in this cottage on February 3, 1842, and lived in Macon for much of his youth.

Sherwood Forest Plantation was the home of President John Tyler from 1842 until his death in 1862. His family has continued to occupy the plantation ever since.