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A Visit To Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park

Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park celebrates the life of a man triumphed with the passage of the 1965 Civil Rights Act, declared a War on Poverty and the establishment of a Great Society and at...

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Salem Maritime National Historic Site

The Salem Maritime National Historic Site is not the most interesting thing in Salem, Massachusetts. Salem holds a singular place in the American consciousness. We consider the witch trials and general...

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A Visit to: James A. Garfield Memorial

My brother and I had so much fun visiting the memorial to assassinated President Garfield in Cleveland’s Lakeview Cemetery, that I almost forgot it was a tomb. My niece and nephew opted to stay in the...

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Mrs. Kennedy’s House: The John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

Rose Kennedy carefully curated the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site as a gift to the American people. The site preserves the President’s birthplace. After President Kennedy was...

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A Visit to Cuyahoga Valley National Park

I still remember the day I discovered that Ohio was a beautiful state. I hiked down into a glen and discovered a world of stone, streams, owls and caves. This surprised me, since most of my experience...

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A Visit To: James A. Garfield National Historic Site

James A Garfield launched his presidential campaign from the front porch of this home. After his assassination, his wife turned their home into a library and memorial to her husband. Now it is...

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A Visit to Concord: Minute Man National Historical Park

We’ve been visiting Minute Man National Historical Park for years. The miles of walking paths through the idyllic New England countryside make this a nice spot to visit, even if it wasn’t a National...

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A Visit to Concord: The Old Manse

The Old Manse sits on banks of the Concord River, just steps from the Old North Bridge where the first shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired. The house has seen its share of history, and...

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Fruitlands: Utopian Failure

After eating some “New England-style Texas brisket” at a local apple festival, my wife and I headed to Fruitlands, the site of another unfortunate experiment. In 1843, Bronson Alcott and his family...

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The Singing Plow – A Visit to the John Deere Historic Site

My wife surprised me when she agreed to stop at the John Deere Historic Site. I think she was happy that we weren’t touring Ronald Reagan’s birthplace instead. However, my promised quick stop on our...

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American Regionalism: Grant Wood’s Studio

While you may not know who Grant Wood was, you know his art. A visit to Grant Wood’s studio in Cedar Rapids Iowa gives you the chance to see the studio where Wood lived from 1924 through 1935 and...

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A Visit to Cedar Rapids: Grant Wood’s Veterans Memorial Window

Atlas Obscura missed the best thing on Mays Island in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mays Island sits in the middle of the Cedar River, and the city’s government is based there. It’s a big deal because Osaka and...

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Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge: Prairie Restored

It is hard to imagine what the Midwest looked like before colonization. The arrival of the plow completely transformed the landscape. The descriptions of unbroken miles of grass defy understanding. As...

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No Third Floor: Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Why don’t we ever get to go up to the third floor on historic house tours? At the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, the boyhood bedroom of the 26th President is unfortunately on the...

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