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Brownfield, Maine

The Daniel Bean Statue

One of the few Civil War monuments to honor a specific enlisted soldier.
Key West, Florida

Key West Garden Club

A botanical hideaway sits inside the ruins of a half-built Civil War fort.
Alexandria, Virginia

Lee Fendall House Museum and Garden

Historic Lee family homestead built in 1785, later serving as a private home and a Civil War hospital.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Civil War Graffiti

Soldiers’ scrawls turned into history’s signatures.
New Madrid, Missouri

New Madrid Historical Museum

This local museum documents centuries of history along the Mississippi, from mound builders to massive quakes.
Fredericksburg, Virginia

Meade Pyramid

A monument first built to honor Confederate soldiers now honors their Union opponents.
Buchanan, Virginia

Buchanan Swinging Bridge

Sway your way across Virginia’s longest river on a rickety wooden bridge.
Museum founder Paul Stewart often traveled to local classrooms, like this Denver elementary school, to share the stories of Colorado’s Black Cowboys.
museums

The Black American West Museum Celebrates the Black Cowboy

After being told Black cowboys didn’t exist, Paul Stewart set out to prove they did—and found enough evidence to fill a museum.
The Podcast Team July 22, 2025
Poolesville, Maryland

The Old Town Hall Bank Museum and Exhibit Hall

The old building has been restored to its 1907 appearance.
University of Miami graduate student Devon Fogarty examines the headstone of John Greer, who died while working at Fort Jefferson on Nov. 5, 1861. The gravesite is now completely underwater.
cemeteries

The Hidden Graveyard of Dry Tortugas National Park

A maritime archaeologist is following underwater clues to uncover the final resting place of Union soldiers stationed at a remote ocean fort.
Karuna Eberl May 27, 2025
Kinston, North Carolina

CSS Neuse II

The large vessel is known as world’s only full-scale replica of a Confederate ironclad.
Yorktown, Virginia

Cornwallis’ Cave

A small cave with a larger-than-life legend.
Martinsburg, West Virginia

Belle Boyd House

Once the home of a noted Civil War spy, the two-story brick house now serves as a museum.
Boerne, Texas

Robert E. Lee House

This small, 19th-century structure is all the remains of a once lively travelers' inn that General Robert E. Lee frequented.
Burkittsville, Maryland

Spook Hill

Near the state border, cars seem to defy the laws of physics by rolling uphill.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg’s First Shot Marker

This is the spot where the bloodiest battle in the American Civil War may have started.
Wilmington, Delaware

McKinley Monument

This relief sculpture depicts America’s most famous coffee break.
Marietta, Georgia

Gone With the Wind Museum

This 19th-century building showcases memorabilia from the acclaimed 1939 film.