A few minutes from downtown Plains, Georgia, is Jimmy Carter’s Boyhood Farm, which is part of the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. Carter lived there from the age of four until he started university. It’s open daily from 10am to 5pm.
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park pays homage to the rural roots of the 39th President of the United States. James Earl Carter Jr. was born on October 1, 1924, in the small town of Plains, Georgia, and rose from peanut farmer to the most powerful position in the world.
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia, is a prehistoric Native American site that preserves over 10,000 years of history. It was first populated during the Ice Age, and mounds were built by the South Appalachian Mississippian culture around 900 AD. Ocmulgee Mounds is open daily until 5pm and charges no admission except for special events.
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park pays homage to the humble beginnings of arguably the greatest president in the history of the United States. Abraham Lincoln was born in a small log cabin near present-day Hodgenville, Kentucky, and also lived on a farm not too far away. The park is split up into two units and doesn’t charge an entrance fee.
Pioneer Square is where the city of Seattle was born. Settled in 1852, buildings around the square were heavily damaged in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. The area’s Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, dating back to the 1890s, was saved from demolition by preservationists such as Bill Speidel and Victor Steinbrueck in the 1960s.
Mission Concepción is a Catholic mission church in San Antonio, Texas. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of four missions that make up the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
Mission San José is a Catholic mission church in San Antonio, Texas. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of four missions that make up the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
Mission San Juan is a Catholic mission church in San Antonio, Texas. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of four missions that make up the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
Mission Espada is a Catholic mission church in San Antonio, Texas. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of four missions that make up the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
Pecos National Historical Park, located 25 miles east of Santa Fe, New Mexico, protects the ruins of the Pecos Pueblo and a Spanish mission.