Historic Landmarks and Buildings

Titanic Memorials On April 10, 1912, the RMS Titanic set sail for its maiden voyage from Southampton, England (United Kingdom) to New York City. It was hailed as the largest and most luxurious ship ever built. Its engineers believed it was so structurally sound as to be “unsinkable.” They were…

Laura Ingalls Museum Laura Ingalls Wilder probably never dreamed how popular her books would become. Over 40 million copies have sold and children have been learning about Laura’s life for nearly 100 years. Fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder can visit not one, but five, museums in five states! Fun Facts…

President Lincoln’s Cottage U.S. presidents have long enjoyed summer homes—places where they could retreat from the politics and the heat of Washington D.C. for a few weeks or months. Lincoln’s Cottage was a special place for the Lincoln family. Fun Facts President Lincoln’s Cottage was built in 1842-1843 and was…

The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad was a secret network of homes, roads, and businesses set up to help enslaved African Americans escape to freedom. Several memorials and museums remind us today of the Underground Railroad and the courage of all who participated in it. Fun Facts The National Underground…

Eleutherian College Reverend Thomas Craven strongly opposed slavery and also believed that all people, regardless of their gender or ethnicity, deserved an education. His vision was behind Eleutherian College.   Fun Facts Reverend Craven was a traveling minister working in Lancaster, Illinois. Many anti-slavery Baptists lived in the area and…

Cadillac Ranch When you think of art, do you think of a sculpture in a park? Or maybe a painting in a museum? How about 10 cars lined up on a highway in Texas?   Fun Facts In the early 1970s, architects Chip Lord and Doug Michels, along with art…

Voorlezer’s House Built in 1696, the Voorlezer’s House in Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island, New York is the oldest known school house in America. Fun Facts Voorlezer means “fore-reader” or “one who reads to others” in Dutch. Voorlezer was an important role in the Netherlands and in the Dutch New…

Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park was the first national park created in the United States; many believe it is also the world’s first national park. Fun Facts Yellowstone National Park covers 3,468.4 square miles over portions of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. For more than 11,000 years, indigenous people lived…

Yosemite National Park In the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Central California lies Yosemite National Park, an awe-inspiring wilderness area the size of Rhode Island. Fun Facts The area that is now Yosemite National Park was the home of indigenous people for at least 3,000 years. Other groups have probably visited…

Hinchliffe Stadium Hinchliffe Stadium is a historic baseball stadium because it was the home of the New York Black Yankees of the Negro League baseball during the Jim Crow era of segregation. It was a thriving stadium for more than 50 years, but is crumbling today. Efforts to restore it…