Southeast Region
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Alabama
- Not yet: Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
- Visited: Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
- Not yet: Little River Canyon National Preserve
- Visited: Russell Cave National Monument
- Not yet: Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
- Visited: Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
- Visited: Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
Florida
- Visited: Big Cypress National Preserve
- Visited: Biscayne National Park
- Not yet: Canaveral National Seashore
- Not yet: Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
- Visited: De Soto National Memorial
- Visited: Dry Tortugas National Park
- Visited: Everglades National Park
- Not yet: Fort Caroline National Memorial
- Not yet: Fort Matanzas National Monument
- Visited: Gulf Islands National Seashore
- Visited: Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve
Georgia
- Visited: Andersonville National Historic Site
- Visited: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
- Visited: Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park
- Visited: Cumberland Island National Seashore
- Not yet: Fort Frederica National Monument
- Visited: Fort Pulaski National Monument
- Visited: Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
- Visited: Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
- Visited: Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
- Visited: Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
- Visited: Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park - Ebenezer Baptist Church
Kentucky
- Visited: Abraham Lincoln Birthplace
- Visited: Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
- Visited: Mammoth Cave National Park
Mississippi
- Visited: Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
- Not yet: Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
- Visited: Natchez National Historical Park
- Visited: Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
- Visited: Tupelo National Battlefield
- Visited: Vicksburg National Military Park
North Carolina
- Not yet: Blue Ridge Parkway
- Visited: Cape Hatteras National Seashore
- Visited: Cape Lookout National Seashore
- Visited: Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
- Visited: Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
- Visited: Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
- Visited: Moores Creek National Battlefield
- Visited: Wright Brothers National Memorial
Puerto Rico
- Visited: San Juan National Historic Site
South Carolina
- Visited: Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
- Visited: Congaree National Park
- Visited: Cowpens National Battlefield
- Visited: Fort Sumter
- Visited: Kings Mountain National Military Park
- Visited: Ninety Six National Historic Site
- Not yet: Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
Tennessee
- Visited: Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
- Not yet: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
- Visited: Fort Donelson National Battlefield
- Visited: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Not yet: Manhattan Project National Historical Park
- Visited: Obed Wild & Scenic River
- Visited: Shiloh National Military Park
- Visited: Stones River National Battlefield
U.S. Virgin Islands
- Visited: Buck Island Reef National Monument
- Visited: Christiansted National Historic Site
- Visited: Salt River Bay National Historical Park
- Visited: Virgin Islands National Park
- Not yet: Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument
Recent Posts
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Visiting Horseshoe Bend brought us to the site of one of the most consequential and devastating battles in the history of the Creek Nation. On March 27, 1814, Major General Andrew Jackson led approximately 3,300 soldiers and allied Cherokee and Lower Creek warriors against Chief Menawa and about 1,000 Red Stick Creek warriors. Menawa’s people […]
Andersonville National Historic Site
Visiting Andersonville was one of those experiences that remained with me long after we left. The peaceful landscape seen today stands in stark contrast to what happened here during the final fourteen months of the Civil War. The site was originally Camp Sumter, one of the largest Confederate military prisons. More than 45,000 captured Union […]
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
I loved visiting Plains, Georgia, the hometown of Jimmy Carter. The town seemed almost suspended in time. Walking along its streets and visiting the places associated with Carter’s life, we could see how closely the story of the community remained connected to the man who became the 39th president of the United States. The Plains […]
Vicksburg National Military Park
The campaign for Vicksburg was one of the most decisive military operations of the Civil War. Perched high above a bend in the Mississippi River, Vicksburg controlled movement along the nation’s most important waterway. Its formidable defenses earned it the name “Gibraltar of the Confederacy”. As long as the city remained in Confederate hands, the […]
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Gulf Islands National Seashore protects a remarkable coastal landscape extending approximately 160 miles from Cat Island in Mississippi to the eastern end of Santa Rosa Island in Florida. More than 80 percent of the national seashore lies underwater, preserving bays, sounds, and marine habitats as well as the visible shoreline. Its most prominent features are […]
Moores Creek National Battlefield
One of the pleasures of visiting our National Parks is discovering places that most Americans have never heard of yetplayed an important role in the nation’s history. Moores Creek National Battlefield in southeastern North Carolina is one of those places. At first glance, it is simply a peaceful stream winding through a forest. It is difficult to imagine […]
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
The National Park Service protects places where history unfolded over thousands of years as well as places where a single dramatic event occurred. Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, near Jacksonville, Florida, is one of those places. Established in 1988, the preserve encompasses more than 46,000 acres of salt marshes, tidal creeks, rivers, hardwood hammocks, and […]
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, was established on April 5, 1941, to preserve the site of England’s first attempt to establish a permanent colony in the New World and to interpret one of the greatest mysteries in American history. Overlooking the waters of Albemarle Sound, this quiet landscape marks the place […]
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
One of the great privileges of traveling across the United States has been visiting our National Parks. While many people immediately think of spectacular mountains, canyons, or seashores, the National Park Service also preserves places where the course of American history was changed. Guilford Courthouse National Military Park in Greensboro, North Carolina, is one of […]
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
During World War II, as the United States government began expanding the role of African Americans in the military, the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama was selected as the center for an unprecedented program: the training of African American military pilots. At a time when the U.S. armed forces were still segregated, the program became an […]
Shiloh National Military
The peaceful landscape at Shiloh National Military Park gives little indication of the enormous battle that took place here on April 6 and 7, 1862. The Battle of Shiloh was one of the first major battles in the Western Theater of the Civil War and, at the time, the bloodiest battle yet fought in American […]
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site preserves the home and farm where one of America’s most important twentieth-century writers spent the final years of his life. A nationally renowned poet, journalist, biographer, and winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, Carl Sandburg used his writing to explore the lives, struggles, language, and spirit of the American people. […]
