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Spotlight on Lesser Known History Index
On this page we're going to Spotlight the lesser known historic sites and attractions that dot the history landscape across the USA and are worth a visit if you're in their area. And while they may be lesser known, some are very unique, and will be that rare find. You'll be, at times, on the ground floor, or maybe even know something others don't. It'll be fun. Visit them.
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Photo above: Monkey Jungle entrance, 1935, Florida. Courtesy monkeyjungle.com. Right: Hillsman House, Sailors Creek Battlefield, Virginia.
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Past Spotlights
Spotlights 2025
Custer State Park, South Dakota
Pamplin Historical Park, Virginia
Fort Fisher, North Carolina
Pullman National Historic Site, Illinois
Violet Bank, Lee's Headquarters, Petersburg, Virginia
Battle of Averasboro, North Carolina
Frances Perkins National Monument, Maine
Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona
Town Creek Indian Mound, North Carolina
Museum of the American Revolution, Pennsylvania
Spotlights 2024
Mine Run Campaign, Battle of Payne's Farm, Virginia
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, Mississippi
De Soto National Memorial, Florida
Olustee Battlefield Park, Florida
Harbor Defenses of the Columbia River, Oregon
Battle of Todd's Tavern, Virginia
Maggie Walker NHS, Virginia
Forts Protecting Puget Sound, Washington
Field of Dreams Movie Site, Iowa
Crazy Horse Memorial, South Dakota
Fort Boonesborough, Kentucky
Midlothian Mines and Town, Virginia
Spotlights 2023
Ferry Farm, Virginia
LaPointe/Krebs Museum, Mississippi
Oregon Caves NM, Oregon
Burgandine House, Virginia
Paul Bunyan Museum, Wisconsin
James Monroe's Highland, Virginia
Germanna Museum and Ford, Virginia
Camp Hale Continental Divide NM, Colorado
Musikfest/Bethlehem/Steel, Pennsylvania
Freedom Riders National Monument, Alabama
Tumacácori NHP, Arizona
Bacon's Castle, Virginia
Spotlights 2022
Hubbell Trading Post NHS, Arizona
Dr. Pepper Museum, Texas
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Andrew Johnson NHS, Tennessee
Battle of the Clouds, Pennsylvania
Oswego Forts/Fort Ontario, New York
Parry Lodge, Kanab, Utah
Slater Mill, Rhode Island
Ninety-Six NHS, South Carolina
Fort Bridger, Wyoming
Washington's Furnaces, Pennsylvania
Battles of Bristoe Station, Virginia
Spotlights 2021
Jemez Historic Site, New Mexico
Forts of St. Augustine, Florida
Booker T. Washington National Monument, Virginia
Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, Oregon/California
Berkeley Plantation, Virginia
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument, Kentucky
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, D.C.
George Washington Carver National Monument, MO
Waco Mammoth National Monument, Texas
Battle of Belmont, Missouri
Gila Cliff Dwellings NM, New Mexico
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Spotlights 2020
Spindletop, Texas
Parker Ranch, Hawaii
Jurassic National Monument, Utah
Port Gamble, Washington
Camp Nelson, Kentucky
Cody, Wyoming
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument, Ohio
Fort Ticonderoga, New York
Fort Niagara, New York
Eisenhower NHS, Pennsylvania
Battle of Fort Caroline, Florida
San Jacinto Battleground, Texas
Spotlights 2019
Fort Worth Stockyards, Texas
Old Alabama Town, Alabama
Peaks Island, Maine
Carrie Nation Home and Stockade Museum, Kansas
Chamizal National Memorial, Texas
Copper Harbor, Michigan
Mohonk Mountain House, New York
Kernstown Battlefield, Virginia
Timberline Lodge, Oregon
Salt River Bay, Virgin Islands
Canyons of the Ancients, Colorado
Battle of Resaca, Georgia
Spotlights 2018
Ringling Circus Museum, Florida
Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas
Santa Fe Trail, Missouri to New Mexico
Vista House, Oregon
Fort Benton, Montana
Coca-Cola Museum, Georgia
Hermitage, Tennessee
Hotel del Coronado, California
Daniel Boone Homestead, Pennsylvania
Battle of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Old Town Albuquerque, New Mexico
Galvez Expedition, Texas to Florida
Spotlights 2017
Battle of Goliad, Texas
Virginia City/Nevada City, Montana
Columbia Gold Rush Town, California
Pioneer Village, Nebraska
Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum, Pennsylvania
Battle of Princeton, New Jersey
Fort Osage, Missouri
Block Island Lighthouse, Rhode Island
San Pedro Riparian NCA, Arizona
Bosse Field, Indiana
Betzwood Film Studio, Pennsylvania
Battle of Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania
Spotlights 2016
Monkey Jungle, Florida
Arrow Rock, Missouri
Carlyle House, Alexandria, Virginia
Eckley Mining Village, Pennsylvania
East Cavalry Field, Gettysburg
Battle of South Mountain, Middletown, Maryland
Pinckney National Historic Site, Charleston, South Carolina
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, Eagle, Alaska
National Museum of Industrial History, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Paoli Battlefield, Paoli, Pennsylvania
Oatlands Plantation, Leesburg, Virginia
Nolde Forest, Shillington, Pennsylvania
Spotlights 2015
Pennsylvania
State Forests
Pecos
National Park/Glorieta Pass Battlefield
Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park
Virginia
Wildlife Management Areas
Cornwall Iron Furnace
Lewis and Clark State Parks, Washington
Civil War Tails at the Homestead Diorama Museum
Hagley Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
Holly Hotel and Carrie Nation, Holly, Michigan
Buffalo Bill's Scout's Rest Ranch, North Platte, Nebraska
Battle of Brandywine
Spotlights 2014
Rancho Los Cerritos, Long Beach, CA
Trexler
Game Preserve/Horseshoe Trail
Battle
of Kelly's Ford, Phelps WMA, VA
Museum of Indian Culture/Lil Le Hi Trout Nursery
Totem
Pole Playhouse
Merriweather
Post Pavilion, Maryland
America's
First Roads
Newark
Moundbuilders, OH
Trevilian
Station, VA
Belmont
Mansion Underground Railroad Museum, Philadelphia
Spotlights 2013
America
On Wheels
Heinz
Wildlife/Fort Mifflin
Reading
Railroad Museum/Reading Phils Minor League Baseball