Destinations

Travel destinations reviewed by The History Mom in the

United States and Europe

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

• United States
• Europe

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United States

Alabama

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

Arizona

• Grand Canyon National Park
• Petrified Forest National Park

California

• California Road Trip
• 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
• Civil Rights Road Trip

Hawaii

• Pearl Harbor

Illinois

• Mary Lincoln Historical Sites

Indiana

• Anna Harrison Historical Sites
• Margaret Taylor Historical Sites

Kentucky

• Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
• Anna Harrison Historical Sites
• Margaret Taylor Historical Sites
• Mary Todd Lincoln House
• Mary Lincoln Historical Sites

Louisiana

• Margaret Taylor Historical Sites
• New Orleans
  • National WWII Museum

Maryland

• Civil War Trails
• Harriet Lane Historical Sites
• Margaret Taylor Historical Sites

Massachusetts

• Abigail Adams Historical Sites
• Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum
• Jane Pierce Historical Sites
• Louisa Catherine Adams Historical Sites
• Plymouth

Mississippi

• Margaret Taylor Historical Sites

New Hampshire

• Jane Pierce Historical Sites

New Jersey

• Anna Harrison Historical Sites
• Hamilton sites

New Mexico

• Los Alamos

New York

• New York City
  • Elizabeth Monroe Historical Sites
  • Hamilton sites
  • New-York Historical Society
  • Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
  • Tyler Women Historical Sites
• Abigail Fillmore Historical Sites
• Van Buren Women Historical Sites

North Carolina

• Civil War Trails
• Asheville
  • Biltmore Estate
• Charlotte
  • Kings Mountain National Military Park (in SC but near Charlotte)
  • Sarah Polk Historical Sites
• Raleigh
  • Mordecai Historic Park/Andrew Johnson’s Birthplace
  • North Carolina Museum of History
• Triad
  • Dolley Madison Historical Sites
  • Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

Ohio

• Anna Harrison Historical Sites

Pennsylvania

• Gettysburg National Military Park
• Hamilton sites
• Harriet Lane Historical Sites
• Lancaster
  • James Buchanan’s Wheatland
• National Civil War Museum
• Philadelphia
  • Dolley Madison Historical Sites
  • 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
• Mary Lincoln Historical Sites
• Memphis
  • National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel
• Nashville area
  • Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage
  • Parthenon
  • President James K. Polk Home and Museum
  • Rachel Jackson Historical Sites
  • Sarah Polk Historical Sites
  • 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
• Fort Worth
  • Stockyards and National Cowgirl Museum
• Waco
  • Waco Mammoth National Monument

Virginia

• Black History sites
• Civil War Trails
• Hamilton sites
• Martha Washington Historical Sites
• Virginia Presidential Sites Road Trip
• Virginia Road Trip
• Central
  • Appomattox Courthouse
  • Dolley Madison Historical Sites
  • Elizabeth Monroe Historical Sites
• • Farmville
  • Fredericksburg National Military Park
• • George Washington’s Ferry Farm
• • Highland
• • James Madison Museum
  • James Monroe Museum
  • Jefferson’s Ladies Historical Sites
• • 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
    • English Homes in America (Agecroft and Virginia House)
    • Henricus
    • Historic Polegreen Church
    • Historic St. John’s Church
    • Historic Westover
    • Hollywood Cemetery
    • Last week of the Civil War sites
    • Library of Virginia
    • Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
    • Maymont
    • Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown
    • Richmond Civil War Tour
    • Richmond National Battlefield Park
    • Sherwood Forest
    • Shirley Plantation
    • The Poe Museum
    • The Valentine
    • Tuckahoe Plantation
    • Tyler Women Historical Sites
    • Virginia Capital Trail
    • Virginia Holocaust Museum
    • Virginia State Capitol
    • Virginia Museum of History and Culture
    • Virginia War Memorial
    • Wilton House Museum
• 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
• Western Virginia
  • Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum

Washington, DC

• Dolley Madison Historical Sites
• Elizabeth Monroe Historical Sites
• Ford’s Theatre
• Harriet Lane Historical Sites
• Lincoln’s Cottage
• Mary Lincoln’s Historical Sites
• National Archives Museum
• National Mall Monuments and Memorials
• Smithsonian Museums along the National Mall
• Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Smithsonian National Museum of American History
• Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
• The White House
• U.S. Capitol
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Washington National Cathedral

West Virginia

• Civil War Trails
• Dolley Madison Historical Sites
• The Greenbrier

Wyoming

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

Additional US posts

• 20th Anniversary of 9/11
• Black History Sites
• Civil Rights Road Trip
• Historic Holiday Homes
• Historic Holiday Tours
• Historical Sites near a Beach

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Europe

Belgium

• Brussels
  • European Union Parliament

England

• Cambridge
• Hampton Court Palace
• Imperial War Museum Duxford
• London
  • British Library
  • British Museum
  • Churchill War Rooms
  • Houses of Parliament
  • Imperial War Museum London
  • Kensington Palace
  • RAF Museum London
  • Tower of London
  • Westminster Abbey
• Oxford
• Shakespeare’s Stratford
• Windsor Castle
• York

France

• Normandy
• Palace of Versailles
• Paris
  • Cluny Museum
  • Conciergerie
  • Musée Carnavalet
  • 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

Scotland

• Edinburgh
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • National Museum of Scotland
  • The Real Mary King’s Close

Spain

• Barcelona
  • Sagrada Família and Park Güell
• El Escorial
• Madrid
  • Royal Palace of Madrid
• Toledo

The Netherlands

• Amsterdam