History in the United States

Embark on a swashbuckling adventure steeped in Amelia Island’s pirate past.

A 19th-century schoolhouse has been transformed into a boutique hotel, complete with a pool and mini golf.

An illuminating look at Fernandina Beach’s industrial past at a one-time train depot.

Four thousand years of history come alive through interactive exhibits and storytelling traditions.

This Art Deco movie palace turned performing arts center lets audiences experience the glamor of showbiz in its heyday.

This family-run roadside motel is an ode to the mid-century motor era.

A factory store where more than 150 years of American pottery history is stacked—and still made just beyond the showroom.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

This Victorian mansion is part heritage museum, part architectural oddity, and part ghost story.

At this leafy estate, one man’s passion for trees grew into Arbor Day.

A fur trade museum in western Nebraska stands on the reconstructed footprint of a 19th-century trading post.

From this scenic rockface, you can still see the paths Western pioneers followed.

A hangar at Marathon Key’s airport is now an ode to aviation history.

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

A centuries-old stone pagoda from Japan stands among cherry trees beside the National Mall Tidal Basin.

A stone nook where Frederick Douglass escaped the world to think, read, and write.