Longfellow National Historic Site

Cambridge, Mass. Visited: July 28, 2006 NPS Site Visited: 321 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? The quintessential American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, lived in this yellow Georgian mansion from 1837 to 1882. The house also served as temporary headquarters for George Washington during the Revolutionary War. BEAUTY (2/10) In the 1800′s [...]

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Saratoga National Historical Park

Stillwater, N.Y. Visited: March 29, 2004 Second Visit: July 23, 2006 NPS Site Visited: 10 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? Site of two pivotal 1777 Revolutionary War battles. BEAUTY (5/10) Hills mixed with forested terrain and open fields characterize the main portion of Saratoga NHP, the approximately 3000-acre battlefield site. A [...]

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Carl Sandburg National Historic Site

Flat Rock, N.C. Visited: October 26, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 270 of 353 NPS Website WHAT IS IT? Longtime home (and goat farm) of Carl Sandburg, famed 20th-century American poet and Abraham Lincoln biographer. BEAUTY (6/10) The Sandburg’s whitewashed clapboard house is probably the least impressive home along the streets of Flat Rock. Its interior [...]

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Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site

Danville, Calif. Visited: June 17, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 204 of 353 NPS Website WHAT IS IT? Home where Eugene O’Neill, our country’s only Nobel Prize-winning playwright, wrote his last six plays which included Long Day’s Journey Into Night and The Iceman Cometh. BEAUTY (5/10) Eugene O’Neill and his third wife, Carlotta, designed their house [...]

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Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site

Atlanta, Ga. Visited: February 5, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 144 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? Two blocks in the historic Atlanta district of “Sweet Auburn” that tell the story Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life as framed by the greater struggle for civil rights in America. BEAUTY (5/10) A short promenade [...]

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Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve

near Jacksonville, Fla. Visited: February 2, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 140 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? 46,000 acres existing mostly of salt marshes that border the slow urban sprawl of greater Jacksonville. The historical part of the preserve consists of a Sea Island cotton plantation and scattered Timucuan Indian ruins. BEAUTY [...]

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Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site

Tuskegee, Ala. Visited: December 13, 2004 NPS Site Visited: 124 of 353 NPS Website; University Website WHAT IS IT? The grounds of the University that Booker T. Washington literally built from the ground up. The Site celebrates the life and accomplishments of both Washington and George Washington Carver, who spent over 40 years of his [...]

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Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Springfield, Ill. Visited: July 13, 2004 NPS Site Visited: 66 of 353 NPS Website WHAT IS IT? The house Abraham Lincoln and his family lived in for 17 years, from 1844 to 1861; the only house Abe ever owned. The Site also includes four blocks of buildings restored to their 1860 appearance. BEAUTY (5/10) The [...]

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James A. Garfield National Historic Site

Mentor, Ohio Visited: May 3, 2004 NPS Site Visited: 34 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? Lawnfield. The farm estate built in 1876 by then Ohio Congressman and future 20th President of the United States James A. Garfield. BEAUTY (6/10) Due to its two large-scale additions, Lawnfield is a mish-mash of architectural [...]

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