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Nicodemus National Historic Site
Township Hall
- Type: Place
Built from 1937-1939 as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project with local limestone, the Nicodemus Township Hall has served as a central meeting place for the community for decades. Representing the pillar of self-determination in African American communities, this building hosted everything from voting and township meetings to dances and roller-skating. It currently houses the site's visitor center.
Nicodemus National Historic Site
First Baptist Church
- Type: Place
The First Baptist Church was the first church in Nicodemus, organized in 1878 by Reverend Silas Lee. The congregation met in private residences, a sod church, and a smaller limestone church until this building was built in 1907. The First Baptist Church served not only as a religious meeting place, but also a community building. The congregation built a new church north of this building in 1975 and are still active in Nicodemus.
Moores Creek National Battlefield
Aftermath of the Battle
- Type: Place
Moores Creek National Battlefield
Commemorating the Battle
- Type: Place
Moores Creek National Battlefield
Widow Moores Bridge
- Type: Place
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Glen Haven General Store
- Type: Place
There was only one place in the late 19th century and 20th century that provided the necessities for life-meat, produce, fabrics, communication and tools: the General Store. It was the hub of D.H. Day's company. The lumbermen and dock workers were paid in company "scrip" so they could only shop at this store. At different times in its history, the store served as a post office, ticket and freight office for steamers, telegraph station, lumber salesroom, and more.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Sleeping Bear Inn Garages
- Type: Place
Six years after Day's death, his daughter Marion and her husband Louis Warnes began running Dunesmobile rides out of Glen Haven. It started with a 1934 Ford which took four people out to the crest of the dunes and back. It was a thrilling 35-minute ride that took passengers to the crest of the dunes and back for 25 cents each. By the time the rides ended in 1978, there were 13 dunes wagons each carrying 14 passengers on a 12 mile, 35-minute excursion.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Sleeping Bear Inn
- Type: Place
Originally known as the Sleeping Bear House, this inn with bright geraniums filling its window boxes welcomed the guests of the little village for nearly one hundred years. D.H. Day himself married the daughter of the innkeeper and lived in the second story for a while. In addition to Day and his family, the inn hosted an eclectic mix of lumberjacks, dock workers, businessmen and posh passengers.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Philip A. Hart Visitor Center
- Type: Place
The Philip A. Hart Visitor Center houses brochures, books, park passes, and all the sound advice you'll need to plan your visit. The visitor center has displays of Sleeping Bear Dune's natural history, fauna and flora, geology, history, and stories about people of the park.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Blacksmith Shop
- Type: Place
Built around 1867, the Blacksmith Shop was an indispensable component of the maritime village. Not only did the shop forge metal works, but it also served as the town's carpentry center. Nearly everyone in town had some need for the blacksmith's services, which included crafting and repairing oxen yolks, tools, and carriages, shoeing horses, and constructing pre-built homes, dining halls, and horse barns.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Glen Haven Cannery and Boat Museum
- Type: Place
By the 1900s D.H. Day owned Glen Haven, 5,000 acres around it, 5,000 cherry and apple trees, a farm with hundreds of hogs, and a massive lumber company. Day was a visionary. He could see that the demand for lumber was falling rapidly, and he would need to diversify. So he started a canning company. The Glen Haven Canning Company processed cherries, raspberries, and peaches and shipped the finished canned goods to Great Lake cities.
Kalaupapa National Historical Park
The Kalaupapa Store
- Type: Place
Built in the 1930s, the existing Kalaupapa store is the last remaining store that continues to provide groceries and supplies to residents within the settlement.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Pine Lane Trailhead Information
- Type: Place
Pine Lane Trailhead provides access to two of the longest trails that pass through the national park: the Buckeye and the Valley. This is a good starting point for hikers and runners who want to avoid the crowds and challenge themselves with hills.
Keweenaw National Historical Park
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw
- Type: Place
The historic Carnegie Museum.
Keweenaw National Historical Park
A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum
- Type: Place
Discover the mineral heritage of the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Geography of Oak Ridge
- Type: Place
Why was a rural area of East Tennessee chosen for one of the largest wartime undertakings in history? The geography of Oak Ridge proved vital to the Manhattan Project’s success. Learn why General Leslie Groves selected Oak Ridge to host the massive uranium-enrichment effort.
Keweenaw National Historical Park
Houghton County Historical Museum
- Type: Place
Keweenaw National Historical Park
Coppertown Mining Museum
- Type: Place
Once home to the C&H pattern shop.
Keweenaw National Historical Park
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park
- Type: Place
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
X-10 Graphite Reactor
- Type: Place
The X-10 Graphite Reactor was the world’s first plutonium-production reactor. Operating from 1943 to 1963, it became a National Historic Landmark in 1965. Located on the secure grounds of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the reactor is not currently accessible to the public.