Destinations

Travel destinations reviewed by The History Mom in the United States and Europe

(To see the sites listed in chronological order, click here)

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United States

20th Anniversary of 9/11

Black History Sites

Historical Holiday Tours

Historical Sites near a Beach

Alabama

• Birmingham Civil Rights Historical Sites
• Montgomery Civil Rights Historical Sites
• US Space and Rocket Center

California

• Los Angeles
  • La Brea Tar Pits

• San Diego
  • USS Midway Museum
  • Whaley House at Old Town San Diego
• San Francisco
  • Alcatraz
• Yosemite National Park

Georgia

• Atlanta
  • Delta Flight Museum
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park

Hawaii

• Pearl Harbor

Kentucky

• Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
• Mary Todd Lincoln House

Louisiana

• New Orleans
  • National WWII Museum

Maryland

• Civil War Trails

Massachusetts

• Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum

• Plymouth

New Jersey

• Hamilton sites

New York

• Hamilton sites

North Carolina

• Civil War Trails
• Asheville
  • Biltmore Estate
• Charlotte
  • Levine Museum of the New South
• Raleigh
  • Mordecai Historic Park/Andrew Johnson’s Birthplace
  • North Carolina Museum of History
• Triad
  • Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

Pennsylvania

• Gettysburg National Military Park
• Hamilton sites
• Lancaster
  • James Buchanan’s Wheatland
• National Civil War Museum
• Philadelphia
  • Independence National Historical Park
  • Museum of the American Revolution
  • Valley Forge National Historical Park

South Carolina

• Charleston
  • Charleston museums
  • Fort Sumter
• Kings Mountain National Military Park

Tennessee

• Civil War Trails
• Memphis
  • National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel
• Nashville
  • Parthenon
  • Tennessee State Museum

Texas

• Austin
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum
• Dallas
  • George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
  • Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
• Waco
  • Waco Mammoth National Monument

Virginia

• Civil War Trails
• Hamilton sites
• Virginia Road Trip
• Central
  • Farmville
  • George Washington’s Ferry Farm
  • Highland
  • James Madison Museum
  • Monticello
  • Montpelier
  • Moton Museum
  • Pamplin Historical Park and National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
  • Petersburg National Battlefield
  • Richmond
    • Agecroft Hall and Gardens
    • American Civil War Museum
    • Berkeley Plantation
    • Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia
    • Henricus
    • Historic Polegreen Church
    • Historic St. John’s Church
    • Historic Westover
    • Last week of the Civil War sites
    • Library of Virginia
    • Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
    • Maymont
    • Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown
    • Richmond National Battlefield Park
    • Sherwood Forest
    • Shirley Plantation
    • The Poe Museum
    • The Valentine
    • Tuckahoe Plantation
    • Virginia Capital Trail
    • Virginia Holocaust Museum
    • Virginia State Capitol
    • Virginia Museum of History and Culture
    • Virginia War Memorial
• Northern Virginia
  • Lucy Burns Museum
  • Mount Vernon
  • National Air and Space Museum – Udvar-Hazy Center
  • National Museum of the Marine Corps
  • National Museum of the United States Army
• Southwest Virginia
  • Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum
  • National D-Day Memorial
  • Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest
• Tidewater/Coastal
  • Colonial Williamsburg
  • First Landing State Park
  • Fort Monroe
  • Jamestown
  • Presidential Sites on Virginia’s Northern Neck
  • Yorktown

Washington, DC

• Ford’s Theatre
• Lincoln’s Cottage
• National Archives Museum
• National Mall Monuments and Memorials
• Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Smithsonian National Museum of American History
• The White House
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Washington National Cathedral

West Virginia

• Civil War Trails
• The Greenbrier

Wyoming

• Fossil Butte National Monument
• Grand Teton National Park
• Jackson Hole
• Yellowstone National Park
• Yellowstone/Grand Teton/Jackson Road Trip

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Europe

Belgium

• Brussels
  • European Union Parliament

England

• Hampton Court Palace
• London
  • Churchill War Rooms
  • Houses of Parliament
  • Imperial War Museum London
  • Kensington Palace
  • Tower of London
  • Westminster Abbey

• Windsor Castle

France

• Normandy
• Paris
  • Cluny Museum
  • Conciergerie
  • Musée de l’Armée Invalides

Ireland

• 7 Day Irish Road Trip Itinerary
• Cliffs of Moher
• Clonmacnoise
• Dingle
• Dublin
  • Book of Kells/Trinity College
  • Dublinia
  • EPIC
  • Kilmainham Gaol
  • GPO Witness History
  • National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology
• Kilkenny Castle
• Kinsale/Charles Fort
• Muckross House, Gardens, and Traditional Farm
• Rock of Cashel
• Titanic Experience (Cobh)

Italy

• Florence
• Orvieto
• Pisa
• Pompeii
• Rome
  • Ancient Rome: Colosseum, the Forum, and Palatine Hill
  • Vatican City
• Siena

The Netherlands

• Amsterdam