This was the home of 19th-century author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. The Missouri-born Clemens moved with his wife Olivia into this 19-room Victorian Gothic home in 1874.
Completed in 1789, this building is home to the American Philosophical Society, the scholarly organization founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743.
Making its debut in 2006, this museum is dedicated to the history of the Chicago River and the city‚'s movable bridges. The museum is located in the southwest tower of the Michigan Avenue Bridge.
Old Capitol became the first building owned by the University after the state government moved to Des Moines in 1857.
The Harvard Museum of Natural History is the public face of 3 research museums, including the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Harvard University Herbaria, & the Mineralogical and Geological Museum.
This historic structure, erected in the early 1700s, housed an influential publishing business and bookstore in the 1800s.
Elvis Aaron Presley was born on Jan. 9, 1935, in this two-room house built by his father and grandfather. The Presleys lived here only two years before tight finances forced them to move.
Opened in 1993, this museum is devoted to the history of the Holocaust, the state-sponsored murder of 6 million Jews in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
The Witch Dungeon Museum tells the tale of the 1692 witch trials of Salem, during which 19 people were hanged and one pressed to death.
Modeled after the town hall in Hoorn, the Netherlands, the museum commemorates the founding of Delaware's first European settlement by the Dutch in 1631.
Cape May's World War II Lookout Tower, also known as Fire Control Tower No. 23, was built in 1942. It was one of 15 towers that served as part of a harbor defense system known as Fort Miles.
The Agricultural Memories Museum is housed in a 48-foot by 128-foot building where you can see antique farming equipment, tractors, carriages and toys related to agricultural machinery.
The Afton Historical Society Museum features items relating to local and Mormon history, including artifacts from the life of Joseph Smith. Other items are stored in a barn on the museum grounds.
Built in 1806 when Beacon Hill was the heart of Boston's African American community, this is the oldest black church building in the United States.
Established in 1970, the African American Museum of Nassau County specializes in the history and culture of African Americans on Long Island.
This Planetarium was founded in 1930 by Max Adler, who was so impressed by a European machine replicating the night sky that he decided to build one.
Operated by the Essex County Historical Society, this museum focuses on the local history and cultural heritage of the Champlain Valley and Central Adirondacks.
Named for the two-centuries-old oak formerly standing on its property, this is an 1853 Victorian Italianate mansion.
This limestone mansion served as the home of industrialist Chester Wickwire and his descendants until 1973. The museum features rooms filled with Victorian-era furnishings, decorations and artifacts.
The Huguenot Schoolhouse is a one-room brick schoolhouse that was built in 1863 from the clay found along the banks of the nearby Neversink river.
The Frisbie House is the two-story home of the Salisbury Historical Society. The house features local history exhibits on iron mining and colonial cheese making.
Built at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard & launched in 1942 just a year after the attack on Pearl Harbor, bringing the US into WWII. It was the 2nd ship the Navy named in honor of New Jersey
The Kennedy Space Center was created in competition with the Soviet Union & was authorized in 1958 during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
This is the first lighthouse established by the new territorial American Government in 1824. During WWII the Coast Guard trained in St. Augustine & used the lighthouse as a lookout for enemy vessels.
The Thomas H. Bayly Memorial Building opened as a museum in 1935. It houses important works of art, including 17th century French & Flemish tapestries. Closed during WWII but reopened in 1946.
President James Monroe & wife, Elizabeth made this their home from 1799 to 1823. After the Monroes' death, the name of their farm was changed from "Highland" to "Ash Lawn". Today both names are used.
This Museum was home to George Eastman. It’s the world’s oldest photography museum & one of the world’s oldest film archives which was opened to the public in 1949.
This Museum was established in 1912 as the City of Rochester, New York's Municipal Museum it has since evolved to meet the changing needs of the greater Rochester community for nearly a century.
Susan B. Anthony, along with her sister Mary and mother Lucy, moved into this house in 1865. Susan lived her until her death on March 13th 1906.
This museum opened in 1931 displaying European & American Art. In recent years the museum has shifted towards contemporary art & photography exhibits, and is home to artists such as Picasso and Monet.
This house was built in 1873 and was home to James Thurber, famous artist, humorist and cartoonist. The nation’s highest designation for the art of humor writing was named after him, and is called the
This house was built in 1852 and was one of the stops on the Underground Railroad. Today approximately 80-90% of the furnishings in this museum were owned by the Kelton family.
This museum was opened in 2001 and was designed by E. Verner Johnson, the designer of many famous museums in the U.S. $80 Million in bond revenues was donated for the construction of this museum.
This museum is the only museum in Austin with a permanent collection of substantial range and depth. It was built in 1963 after a large donation from railroad tycoon Archer Huntington.
This library was dedicated on May 22nd 1971. Over 45 million pages of documents are located in this museum, some of which were written by LBJ himself.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was created in 1983. Cleveland was chosen for the location because of disc jockey Alan Freed, who was known for promoting the new genre called “Rock and Roll.”
Shaker Historical Museum was founded in 1947 to preserve & promote the history of the North Union Shaker Community, Shaker Heights and “Garden City” shrubs.
The Museum of Natural History was founded in 1920 & started out as a small wooden building on a public square. The rooms were crowded with various species of animals earning it the nickname “The Ark.”
This destroyer was built in 1941 in honor of Admiral Kidd who was killed during Pearl Harbor. It became known for flying the Skull and Cross bones flag like the old Jolly Rogers pirate ship.
This museum is housed in a historic railroad depot on the banks of the Mississippi river.
The museum opened in & is the only museum in the Midwest that offers extensive collections of both Native American and American western art.
This house was built in 1864. John Morris, the son of an Indianapolis settler, lived there until financial difficulties in the 1870s. He sold the house to Noble Butler, a bankruptcy lawyer.
James Whitcomb Riley was a 20th century poet who lived in this his house after quitting school & worked for the Indianapolis Journal. He remained there until his first poetry was published in 1883.
This house was built in the 1870s & was the home of President Benjamin Harrison. About 75% of the 3,700 pieces of memorabilia here actually belonged to Benjamin Harrison and his family.
After years of planning, the museum opened in 1990 in the old San Jose convention center. In 1998 it opened in a larger 3 floor venue where it holds four major theme galleries and an IMAX theatre.
In 1928 the museum first opened in the administration building of AMORC, but as the collection of artifacts grew, so did the museum.It was permanently moved here in 1995 W/all of Harvey Lewis’ pieces.
The observatory was constructed from 1876-1887 from the help of James Lick. James Lick was buried under the telescope with a brass tablet that reads “Here lies the body of James Lick.”
