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Evergreen, Colorado
The Hiwan Homestead, built beginning in the 1870s as a mountain retreat, is now run as a museum by the Jefferson County Historical Society.…
Akron, Ohio
The Hower House is a 28-room Second Empire mansion built in 1871 for lumber and agricultural-implement businessman John Henry Hower and now…
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The Hunter Museum of American Art grew out of a Classical Revival mansion built in 1904 on the Chattanooga bluff above the Tennessee River…
Buffalo, New York
The Iron Island Museum is a local history museum in a former church and funeral home in Buffalo's Iron Island neighborhood, donated to the…
Williston, North Dakota
The James Memorial Art Center in Williston, built in 1911 in the Beaux Arts style as the city's public library and listed on the National…
Skagway, Alaska
Visitors to Soapy Smith's old parlor in Skagway describe cold spots, the feeling of being watched from the back of the room, and the smell…
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Mary Virginia "Ginnie" Wade, a 20-year-old woman, was the only civilian killed during the Battle of Gettysburg, shot by a stray bullet on…
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
The John Paul Jones House in Portsmouth, a Georgian house on Middle Street where the Revolutionary War naval hero lodged during the war, is…
Hagerstown, Maryland
The Jonathan Hager House in Hagerstown City Park was built around 1739 by Hager, the German immigrant who founded the city, and is now a…
Genesee, Idaho
Built as a resort and later operated as an asylum, this building was sold in 1968 when a new hospital opened, then became St. Ignatius…
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Isaac Parker sat as federal judge for the Western District of Arkansas at Fort Smith from 1875 until his death in 1896, with jurisdiction…
Savannah, Georgia
Now a National Historic Landmark, this Savannah house was the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts, on October 31,…
Columbus, Ohio
The Kelton House was built in 1852 by Columbus merchant Fernando Cortez Kelton and lived in by three generations of his family, who were…
Key West, Florida
The first Key West lighthouse, built in 1825, was destroyed in the Great Havana Hurricane of 1846, which killed 14 people who had taken…
Kodiak, Alaska
The Kodiak History Museum is said to be haunted by Benjamin McIntyre, who lived in the building while working for the Alaska Commercial…
O'ahu, Hawaii
At the Polynesian Cultural Center's lagoon, staff and guests tell of the "Laie Lady," a woman named Nalani who is said to have lost her…
Alexandria, Virginia
The Lee-Fendall House in Old Town Alexandria, built in 1785, was home to members of the Lee family for decades and later to labor leader…
Calabasas, California
The oldest part of this adobe dates from 1844, making it one of the last surviving adobes in the San Fernando Valley. It became the home of…
Frankfort, Kentucky
Liberty Hall was built in the 1790s by John Brown, one of Kentucky's first United States senators, and is now a museum in downtown…
Hurricane Mills, Tennessee
Loretta Lynn's Ranch at Hurricane Mills centers on an antebellum plantation house that the country singer bought in the 1960s and lived in…
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Louisiana's Old State Capitol is the Gothic castle-style building on the Mississippi riverfront in downtown Baton Rouge, now a museum of…
Virginia City, Nevada
The Mackay Mansion in Virginia City is a Comstock-era house museum once connected with the mining millionaire John Mackay. Nevada tourism…
Hartford, Connecticut
Samuel Clemens — Mark Twain — built this 25-room High Victorian Gothic mansion in 1874 and lived there with his family for 17 years,…
New York, New York
The Merchant's House Museum in NoHo is a Federal and Greek Revival row house, home to the Tredwell family from 1835 to 1933 and preserved…