- National Park Service: National Historic Landmarks
Information on how and why landmarks are designated. Includes listings by state.
www.cr.nps.gov/nhl
- Mark Twain House
National Historic Landmark and Tiffany-decorated home where Samuel Clemens raised his family and wrote from 1874 to 1891.
www.marktwainhouse.org
- Ryman Auditorium
National Historic Landmark and former home to the Grand Ole Opry.
www.ryman.com
- Alamo, The@
Sites explore the former mission near San Antonio, Texas where the Mexican Army laid siege for 13 days in 1836.
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Alamo__The
- San Francisco Cable Cars@
Travel by the Cable Cars, or the San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI), the world's last manually operated cable car system. Sites feature history, route maps, photographs, interactive demos, mailing list, and preservation and operation of historic street cars in San Francisco.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mass_Transit/San_Francisco_Municipal_Railway__MUNI_
- Fort Ticonderoga, New York
Official site of the National Historic Landmark fort.
www.fort-ticonderoga.org
- Huguenot Historical Society
Dedicated to the National Historic Landmark District in New Paltz, NY. Organizes the annual Colonial Street Festival (formerly Stone House Day).
www.hhs-newpaltz.org
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Frederick Douglass, the famous 19th century African American abolitionist. Includes a Douglass biography and information about his home in Washington, D.C., now a museum.
www.nps.gov/frdo/freddoug.html
- Historic Hotels of America
Directory of historic hotels that are at least 50 years old and have maintained their historic architecture and ambience. Browse hotels by location or view an alphabetical list.
www.historichotels.org
- Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation
Nonprofit organization of volunteer members established to acquire, maintain, and provide for public access to Tor House, Hawk Tower, and the surrounding gardens.
www.torhouse.org
- Samuel F. B. Morse Historic Site
Locust Grove, the former home of the artist and inventor of the telegraph, displaying Morse Code exhibits and telegraph displays.
www.morsehistoricsite.org
- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Antonito/Business_and_Shopping
- Chesterwood Estate and Museum
Summer home, studio, and garden of sculptor Daniel Chester French. Includes French's models of Abraham Lincoln for the Memorial in Washington D.C.
www.chesterwood.org
- Texas Seaport Museum
Home to the 1877 National Historic Landmark tall ship Elissa. Also promotes genealogy research using the Galveston immigration database.
www.tsm-elissa.org
- Hadrosaurus foulkii: Discovering the World's First Full Dinosaur Skeleton
Offers information about the site and significance of the 1858 historic find in Haddonfield, New Jersey.
www.levins.com/dinosaur.html
- Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site
Learn about the Martin Luther King, Jr. museums in Atlanta, Georgia. Includes a virtual tour of the civil rights leader's birth home, as well as facts about his earliest church. From the National Parks Service.
www.nps.gov/malu
- Eastern State Penitentiary@
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Eastern_State_Penitentiary
- Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
Showcasing the home, gardens, and studios of sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
www.sgnhs.org
- Herman Melville's Arrowhead
Melville's home from 1850-1862, and the place where he wrote Moby-Dick. A Registered National Historic Landmark.
www.mobydick.org
- Locust Grove Historic Home
Home of General George Rogers Clark, Revolutionary War hero and founder of Louisville, KY.
www.locustgrove.org
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