American Heritage: Historic Sites, Museums and Battlefields across the US

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Discover America's History... at HeritageSites.com

Welcome to HeritageSites.com, a unique guide to battlefields, parks, museums, historic homes, National Historic Landmarks, and many other types of sites across the country.

American Heritage, the leading magazine on history for over 50 years, has gathered information on thousands of America's most fascinating places—big and small, urban and rural—in one convenient website. Here you can find historic places listed by region, state, theme, and type—from Civil War battlefields to hidden homes of history’s most famous (and infamous) characters.

Exclusive information on 3,000 historic sites and museums!

 
University of Delaware Students Find Jefferson Letter

Amongst documents from the prominent Bringhurst family was a letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Dickinson

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Locals struggle to keep Harlem history sites intact

Historic sites from late 19th-century Harlem are at risk for destruction because of the lack of landmark designation.

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Over 200 California parks at risk to close

A newly developed budget proposal threatens to shut down some of California's most scenic parks, living history towns, and preservation areas.

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In celebration of the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain's and Henry Hudson's exploration of New York and their encounters with Lenape and Iroquoian peoples the editors of American Heritage have selected the top historic sites along the watercourses they gave their names to. Read more...

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