North Atlantic Region
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Connecticut
- Visited: Weirs Farm
Massachusetts
- Visited: Adams National Historical Park
- Visited: Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
- Visited: Boston National Historical Park
- Visited: Boston African American National Historic Site
- Not yet: Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
- Visited: Cape Cod National Seashore
- Visited: Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
- Visited: John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
- Visited: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
- Visited: Lowell National Historical Park
- Visited: Minute Man National Historical Park
- Visited: New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
- Visited: Salem Maritime National Historical Park
- Visited: Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
- Visited: Springfield Armory National Historic Site
- Visited: Freedom Trail
Maine
- Visited: Acadia National Park
- Not yet: Frances Perkins National Monument
- Visited: Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
- Not yet: Maine Acadian Culture
- Visited: Roosevelt Campobello International Park
- Visited: Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
New Hampshire
- Visited: Saint Gaudens National Park
New York
- Visited: African Burial Ground National Monument
- Visited: Castle Clinton National Monument
- Visited: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
- Visited: Federal Hall National Memorial
- Not yet: Fire Island National Seashore
- Visited: Fort Stanwix National Monument
- Not yet: Gateway National Recreation Area
- Visited: General Grant National Memorial
- Not yet: Governors Island National Monument
- Visited: Hamilton Grange National Memorial
- Visited: Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
- Visited: Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Visited: Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
- Visited: Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
- Visited: St Paul Church National Historic Site
- Visited: Saratoga National Historical Park
- Not yet: Statue of Liberty National Monument
- Not yet: Stonewall National Monument
- Visited: Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
- Visited: Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
- Visited: Thomas Cole National Historic Site
- Visited: Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
- Visited: Women's Rights National Historical Park
- Visited: Home of Franklin Roosevelt
Rhode Island
- Visited: Roger Williams National Memorial
- Visited: The Touro Synagogue in Newport
Vermont
- Visited: Marsh-Billing-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Recent Posts
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, in a brownstone home on East 20th Street in Manhattan. Though the original house was demolished in 1916, it was reconstructed in the 1920s on the original site, using photographs, family memories and original furnishings to recreate the homes it would have appeared during his childhood. The house reflects the […]
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Long before Massachusetts became synonymous with textile mills, industry was already taking root along the Saugus River. In 1646, a group of English investors organized as the Company of Undertakers of the Iron Works in New England established what would become the first successful integrated ironworks in colonial North America. Their goal was to reduce the […]
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
In Massachusetts, many visitors come to Salem searching for the echoes of the 1692 witch trials. But along the waterfront stands another Salem story, older in infrastructure, broader in reach and foundational to the young nation’s economy. The Salem Maritime National Historic Site preserves nearly nice acres along the harbor that reflect Salem’s extraordinary maritime […]
Castle Clinton National Monument
Castle Clinton sits at the southern tip of Manhattan in Battery Park, layered with nearly two centuries of American history in a circular stone structure. Originally constructed between 1808 and 18111, it was built as a coastal fort to defend New York Harbor during tensions leading up to the War of 1812. At that time, it sood […]
Minute Man National Park
On numerous acres stretches Minute Man National Historical Park. As a Massachusetts resident, we have visited this park several times. The park encompasses approximately 1,000 acres across the towns of Lexington, Lincoln, and Concord, preserving the landscape of April 19, 1775. This date was the opening day of the American Revolution. It was established as a National […]
African Burial Ground National Monument
In the very center of New York City, surrounded by federal buildings and urban motion, sites the powerful historic space: African Burial Ground National Monument. This sacred ground came into view in the early 1990s during excavation for a new federal office building. What construction crews uncovered stopped the project in its tracks: hundreds of burial remains dating from the 17th […]
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Erin and I drove for hours to visit Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, located in the remote forests of northern Maine. Maine is the largest of the New England states, and the drive from our home in Natick, Massachusetts to this site is a 300-mile journey. The long drive was part of the experience of […]
John F. Kennedy’s Birthplace
The John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site in Brookline, Massachusetts offers the opportunity to step into the earliest chapters of that life that would shape world history. Touring this modest home, you are greeted by the recorded voice of Rose Kennedy. She calmly recounts the rhythms and rituals of family life. Through her reflections, the house […]
Marsh-Billing-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Marsh-Billing-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the only National Park Service site in Vermont. Unlike other parks created to preserve wilderness or historic battles, this park tells the story of the birth and evolution of conservation through stewardship. In the early 19th century, George Perkins Marsh, who grew up on this land, published the book: Man and […]
Acadia National Park
The only designated National Park in the Northeast, Acadia National Park, is another spectacular place. There are sweeping ocean views and granite. Mountains rise from the sea, while waves crash against ancient rock. Long before Acadia became a national park, the rugged coastline and granite mountains of Mount Desert Island drew wealthy summer residents and by […]
The Touro Synagogue in Newport
The Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, stands as the oldest surviving synagogue in the United States and a powerful symbol of religious freedom in the nation. Completed in 1763 for a community of Sephardic Jews as a place where their faith could be practiced openly and without fear. Many in this Jewish community had fled the Inquisition […]
Saint Gaudens National Park
The Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park is a place I have returned to many times. Any excuse to be near Cornish, New Hampshire feels like a good reason for a repeat visit. It is not simply a museum or preserved home, but a living landscape shaped by creativity and collaboration. The park centers on the home, […]
