• 715-386-2654
• 1004 3rd St, Hudson, WI, USA

Built in the 1850s when this style of architecture was the rage, the museum houses a collection of dolls and period furnishings. Read More

• 518-828-135
• Olana Visitor Center and Museum Store, Olana State Historic Site, Hudson, NY, USA

Olana State Historic Site was the home of Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), one of the major figures in the Hudson River School of landscape painting. The centerpiece of Olana is an eclectic villa composed of many styles, difficult to categorize, which overlooks parkland and a working farm designed by the artist. Read More

• 214-421-5141
• 1717 Gano Street, Dallas, TX, USA

The park features more than 30 restored buildings, some dating back to the 1840s. Their original sites were all within a 100 mile radius of Dallas. The Millermore Mansion was completed just as the Civil War broke out. Read More

• 763-441-6896
• 15788 Kelley Farm Rd, Elk River, MN, USA

Step onto a working 1860s farm, home to Oliver H. Kelley, founder of the first successful national farming organization, the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, better known as the Grange. Activities follow the farming cycle and change with the season, making each visit unique. Visitors can meet the animals in the barn, help work in the fields and gardens,… Read More

• 406-444-2694
• 304 North Ewing Street, Helena, MT, USA

This stately Queen Anne style mansion has enjoyed both public and private roles in the history of Montana and its capital city. The history of the mansion is as much a history of the people who resided here as it is of a building. Montana's Original Governor's Mansion, built in 1888 by Helena entrepreneur William Chessman as a symbol… Read More

• 414-931-808
• 2000 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, USA

When Captain Frederick and Maria Pabst began construction of their new family mansion in June 1890, they could not have anticipated that it would survive and thrive into the twenty-first century as a testament to America's Gilded Age. Designed by George Bowman Ferry and Alfred Charles Clas, construction lasted for two years and was completed in July of 1892… Read More

• 510-444-2187
• 672 11th Street, Oakland, CA, USA

Oakland's Pardee Home is one of the greatest architectural and historical treasures of Northern California. First-time visitors might initially be attracted by the exterior beauty of the house and its gardens, but after entering the house they learn of its outstanding historical importance and of its unique interiors and artifacts from throughout the world Read More

• 802-442-5441
• 1 Park Street, North Bennington, VT, USA

Park-McCullough is one of the finest, most significant, and best preserved Victorian Mansions in New England. It is an important example of a country house in the Second Empire Style and incorporates architectural features of the Romantic Revival style that were popular at the time. To a great extent, the Estate retains the integrity and impact of its original… Read More

• 302-422-3115
• 501 NW Front St, Milford, DE, USA

This historic building lies within a 1,750 acre Duke of York land patent called Saw Mill Range granted to Henry Bowman in 1680. The first known resident of this portion of the tract was Joseph Booth, who purchased 510 acres from the Bowman family in 1730. The center brick section of the present structure was built by John Cullen… Read More

• 937-313-2010
• 219 North Paul Laurence Dunbar Street, Dayton, OH, USA

This brick house was the final home of the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. In it may be seen many of his personal items and the furnishings among which he lived. During his short lifetime he was known as the poet laureate of black Americans. Read More

• 479-254-3870
• 400 South Walton Boulevard, Bentonville, AR, USA

The Peel Mansion was built in 1875 by Colonel Samuel West Peel. Much care was taken in erecting this magnificent house, a wonderful example of the Italianate Villa Style. Read More

• 641-628-4311
• 507 Franklin St, Pella, IA, USA

The Historical Village Complex is the restoration project of the Pella Historical Society. Twenty-four buildings surround a courtyard with red brick walkways, blossoming trees, and beautiful tulip gardens. Some of the buildings have been on the site for more than 150 years; others were moved in and restored. Read More

• 408-918-1047
• 175 West Saint John Street, San Jose, CA, USA

The Peralta Adobe is San Jose's oldest address. Built in 1797, the Peralta Adobe is the last remaining structure from El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe. The exquisite Fallon House was built in 1855 by one of San Jose's earliest mayors. The Victorian mansion showcases 15 fully furnished rooms typical of the Victorian period. Read More

• 309-674-1921
• 1212 West Moss Avenue, Peoria, IL, USA

This eleven room historical home museum contains a unique collection of objects from several Peoria families. Upon the death of the final resident, Miss Jean McLean Morron, her family donated the home and all of its contents to the Peoria Historical Society. The home was placed in the National Register of Historic Sites in 1976 and is recognized as… Read More

• 605-367-7097
• 131 North Duluth Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD, USA

Tour the elegant 1889 Queen Anne-style home of South Dakota's first senator, Richard Pettigrew. Take a guided tour of the historic home, or browse the museum galleries and discover the Sioux Falls of the late 1800s. Read More

• 417-358-1776

The land upon which the Phelps House is built was purchased by Colonel William H. Phelps in 1868. Designed by Colonel Phelps and completed in 1895, the house is constructed of Carthage-mined grey marble and features a mixture of Beaux Arts, Classical Revival, and Romanesque styles. It is currently owned by Carthage Historic Preservation, Inc. Read More

• 319-752-7449
• 521 Columbia Street, Burlington, IA, USA

The beautiful Phelps House Museum stately graces the top of Snake Alley, known as the Crookedest street in the world. Family treasures from three generations of the Garret-Phelps family fill this Victorian Mansion home. Discover the Medical Memories of Burlington in the first Protestant Hospital in Des Moines County. Read More

• 607-722-4872
• 191 Court Street, Binghamton, NY, USA

The Phelps Mansion Museum was built in 1870 for Sherman D. Phelps, a local Binghamton businessman, by architect, Isaac G. Perry. The "Gem" is an exceptional example of the outstanding ability of Perry to coordinate into the design, beautiful rare woods, metal, and glass in the interior of the house. A beautiful Baccarat crystal chandelier from 1890 adorns the… Read More

• 909-623-2198
• 2640 W Pomona Blvd, Pomona, CA, USA

The Phillips Mansion is a Second Empire style historic house in Pomona, Los Angeles County, California. It was built in 1875 by Louis Phillips, who by the 1890s had become the wealthiest man in Los Angeles County. Situated along the Butterfield Stage route, the Phillips Mansion became a center of community activity in the Pomona and Spadra area. It… Read More

• 605-598-4285
• 900 8th Ave S, Faulkton, SD, USA

Constructed over a 12 year period, this prairie Victorian was built by Major Pickler, and includes a secret room under the kitchen used to hide the family in case of Indian attacks and severe storms. Part of the house was a motel that was moved to the site and attached to the house. Read More

• 512-837-1215
• 10621 Pioneer Farms Drive, Austin, TX, USA

A 90-acre living history park featuring four restored, operating historic sites and farmsteads from the 1800s, plus an entrance village dated to 1899. Costumed interpreters and period craftsmen and artisans. Read More

• 830-997-2835
• 309 W Main St, Fredericksburg, TX, USA

The 1850 stone house built by Heinrich Kammiah features 9 furnished rooms and a wine cellar. Read More

• 910-500-4243
• 206 Bradford Avenue, Fayetteville, NC, USA

The Poe House was built in 1897 and is an Eastlake style victorian home that belonged to E.A. Poe, a local brick maker in Fayetteville, NC. Read More

• 660-679-764
• 209 North Delaware Street, Butler, MO, USA

Poplar Heights Farm is a living history farm and nature conservancy in Bates County, Missouri. The farm supports and conducts programs to preserve the area’s past and offer educational opportunities to the region. Read More

• 513-248-324
• 906 Main Street, Milford, OH, USA

Italianate mansion built in 1865 by William McGrew. Former home of John Pattison, 43rd Governor of Ohio. Beautifully restored to the late Victorian era. Exhibits change througout the year. On-site research and reference library. Read More

• 507-345-5566
• 606 S Broad St, Mankato, MN, USA

R.D. Hubbard-entrepreneur and founder of Hubbard Milling Company which was the largest flour mill in southern Minnesota-built his house in three stages: 1871, 1888 and 1905. The family occupied the house until 1938 when purchased by the Historical Society. A quarter of the displayed furniture once belonged to the Hubbard family; the remainder of the furnishings and furniture date… Read More

• 920-686-3090
• 610 North 8th Street, Manitowoc, WI, USA

Housed in a Victorian mansion, the museum contains period furnishings, and displays of Indian artifacts, Chinese ivory, dolls and porcelain objects. Read More

• 650-508-3501
• 1500 Ralston Avenue, Belmont, CA, USA

Ralston Hall Mansion was the country estate of William Chapman Ralston, a prominent and powerful San Francisco financier who founded the Bank of California. Purchasing the property from an Italian nobleman in 1864, Ralston began construction of an increasingly grand mansion, ultimately comprising over 80 rooms. He called his estate "Belmont Read More

• 815-433-6100
• 100 W Lafayette St, Ottawa, IL, USA

Built in 1856 for William Reddick. The Architects William B. Olmsted and Peter Nicholson designed a striking combination of brick and limestone facade in the Italianate style, elaborate plaster ceilings, pure white Italian marble fireplaces, and hand grained wood work. The restored rooms return to the grandeur of life in 1875. Read More

• 812-426-1871
• Reitz Home Museum, Chestnut Street, Evansville, IN, USA

Built in 1871 for John Augustus Reitz, this French Second Empire style mansion was a showcase for the "Lumber Baron of the United States."" The interior features original and period furnishings Read More

• 650-903-6392
• 3070 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA, USA

The Rengstorff House is Mountain View's oldest historic house. It is one of the finest examples of Victorian Italianate architecture on the west coast. Read More

• 319-234-6357
• Rensselaer Russell House Museum, 520, West 3rd Street, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, 50701, United States

The Rensselaer Russell House Museum, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is often cited as one of Iowa's finest examples of Italianate architecture. Read More

• 507-635-5140
• 540 N Main St, Mantorville, MN, USA

Built in 1856, the house depicts life in the 1850s. Read More

• 404-885-7800
• 1516 Peachtree Street Northwest, Atlanta, GA, USA

Rhodes Hall, one of Atlanta’s few remaining mansions on Peachtree Street, is located just north of Pershing Point. Built in 1904, prior to the development of Ansley Park, Rhodes Hall was designed by one of Atlanta’s most celebrated young architects for one of the city’s wealthiest men. Constructed of Stone Mountain granite in the Romanesque Revival style, it holds… Read More

• 312-482-8933
• 40 East Erie Street, Chicago, IL, USA

Steps away from Chicago's Magnificent Mile, the Driehaus Museum offers visitors a fascinating view of the Samuel M. Nickerson Mansion, one of the few remaining examples of homes erected by the wealthy of America's Gilded Age. The lavish interiors are complemented by stunning examples of period furniture, decorative arts, and stained glass, including a magnificent selection of works by… Read More

• 270-843-5565

Italianate home of Atwood and Juliet "Julia"" van Meter Hobson. Read More

• 740-587-30
• 221 East Broadway, Granville, OH, USA

The Avery-Downer House and Robbins Hunter Museum is a historic house museum furnished with 18th and 19th century decorative arts acquired by the original owners, as well as collectors tied to the house over its long history. It was completed in 1842, with additions in 1875, 1930, and finally during Robbins Hunter's occupancy from 1956 to 1979. The house… Read More

• 603-432-3091
• 122 Rockingham Rd, Derry, NH, USA

The Robert Frost Farm Historic Site was home to Robert Frost and his family from 1900-1911. Frost, one of the nation's most acclaimed poets whose writings are said to be the epitome of New England, attributed many of his poems to memories from the Derry years. The simple two-story white clapboard farmhouse is typical of New England in the… Read More

• 573-221-4140
• 1000 Bird Street, Hannibal, MO, USA

Rockcliffe Mansion, built between 1898 and 1900 in the Georgian Revival Style, is a massive Gilded-Age grand residence, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Perched on a limestone bluff, overlooking the Mississippi River and the historic town of Hannibal below, its views are spectacular and unmatched. Read More

• 302-761-4340
• 610 Shipley Road, Wilmington, DE, USA

Rockwood is a 150 year old estate that is now a public park featuring a six acre historic garden and a mansion with a museum. Joseph Shipley, a Quaker merchant banker, built Rockwood between 1851 and 1854 to reflect the beauty of an English county estate. The mansion is a wonderful example of Rural Gothic architecture. In the museum,… Read More

• 860-928-4074
• 556 Connecticut 169, Woodstock, CT, USA

Built in 1846 in the newly fashionable Gothic Revival style, Roseland Cottage depicts the summer life of Henry and Lucy Bowen and their young family. Prominently situated across from the town common, Roseland Cottage epitomizes Gothic Revival architecture, with its steep gables, decorative bargeboards, and ornamented chimney pots. The interior of Roseland Cottage is equally colorful, and features elaborate… Read More

• 719-545-5290
• 419 W 14th St, Pueblo, CO, USA

Built in 1893, this 37-room mansion was home to the John A. and Margaret Thatcher family and named for Mrs. Thatcher's favorite flower. It remained a family residence for 75 years. Designed by noted New York architect Henry Hudson Holly and two years under construction, the mansion was completed in 1893. Nearly all furnishings, accessories, decorative arts, paintings custom… Read More

• 602-262-5070
• 113 North 6th Street, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Historic Heritage Square located inside Heritage & Science Park, is comprised of several beautifully restored turn of the 20th century homes (including the 1895 Rosson House) and buildings located on what was part of the original Phoenix townsite during the late 1800s. Today, the park itself is part of Phoenix's downtown Copper Square. Read More

• 360-385-1003
• Franklin Street & Taylor Street, Port Townsend, WA, USA

Step through the kitchen door of the Rothschild House and step back to the 1800s. Located at the corner of Jefferson and Taylor Streets in uptown Port Townsend, the Rothschild House is virtually unchanged from a hundred years ago. Read More

• 516-922-4792
• 12 Sagamore Hill Road, Oyster Bay, NY, USA

Sagamore Hill was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, from 1885 until his death in 1919. From 1902 to 1908 his "Summer White House" was the focus of international attention. Otherwise, it was the home of a most remarkable fellow. Read More

• 409-295-7824
• 1836 Sam Houston Ave, Huntsville, TX, USA

Sam Houston's home built in 1847 and the home where he died, the 1858 Steamboat House as well as his law office are on the grounds of the park. Read More

• 713-759-1292
• 1100 Bagby St, Houston, TX, USA

Park includes the 1847 Kellum Noble House, the 1850 Nichols-Rice-Cherry House, the 1868 Pilot House, and the 1870s San Felipe Cottage. Read More

• 314-977-2666
• 3673 W Pine Mall, St. Louis, MO, USA

Built by Samuel Cupples in 1890 at a cost of $500,000, the 42 room Romaneque mansion is constructed out of intricately carved sandstone and granite. The interior features paneling of exotic woods, parquet floors, Tiffany stained glass, and St. Louis ironwork. The house is furnished with period pieces. The former bowling alley now serves as an art gallery. Read More

• 810-622-9946
• 228 South Ridge Street, Port Sanilac, MI, USA

The 1872 Loop-Harrison House, a restored Victorian home, contains most of its original furnishings. Also on display are medical instruments; antique glassware; marine, military and Indian artifacts. Also on the grounds is the late 19th century Banner Cabin, which is furnished in period. Read More

• 330-452-876
• 331 Market Avenue South, Canton, Ohio, USA

The Saxton-McKinley house is a two and three story brick building of irregular massing. It was constructed in two segments, in 1841, and ca. 1865. The earliest portion is at the rear of the structure and was a two-story gable roofed building. This is significant as the only residence with direct historical ties to President William McKinley remaining in… Read More

• 765-452-4314
• 1200 West Sycamore Street, Kokomo, IN, USA

Construction on the Seiberling Mansion began in October 1889 and was completed in the fall of 1891. The house was built for Monroe Seiberling of Akron, Ohio at a cost of $50,000. The architecture of the house is a mixture of Neo-Jacobean (Queen Anne) and Romanesque Revival styles. It was designed by Arthur LaBelle of Marion, Indiana. The mansion… Read More

• 213-485-6855
• 12 Olvera Street, Los Angeles, CA, USA

In 1887, Señora Eloisa Martinez de Sepulveda built a two-story Eastlake Victorian style business and residential block on her property between Main and Olvera Street. The Sepulveda House represents the architectural and social transformation of Los Angeles from its early Mexican traditions to a blending of Mexican and Anglo culture. Read More

• 920-458-1103
• 3110 Erie Avenue, Sheboygan, WI, USA

The museum is housed in the 1853 Taylor Homestead. Read More

• 541-484-808
• 303 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR, USA

The history of the Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House, or the “Castle on the Hill,” begins with Thomas Winthrop Shelton and his wife, Adah. The Sheltons made the move from Salem to Eugene with their daughter, Alberta, in 1873. After buying 320 acres in downtown Eugene, including Skinner’s Butte, from pioneer Mary Skinner, Dr. Shelton hired architect Walter Pugh to design a… Read More

• 740-687-5891
• 137 East Main Street, Lancaster, OH, USA

The Sherman House Museum in Lancaster, Ohio is the birthplace of General William Tecumseh Sherman, his younger brother U.S. Senator John Sherman and home of the remarkable Sherman family. The original frame home built in 1811 consists of a parlor/dining room, kitchen, master bedroom and children's bedroom. The Sherman family added onto the house in 1816, including a parlor… Read More

• 575-538-5921
• 312 West Broadway Street, Silver City, NM, USA

Housed in the restored 1881 Mansard/Italianate H.B Ailman House, the museum collection resource materials include some 20,000 objects relating to the peoples and history of southwest New Mexico. Read More

• 320-352-5201
• 810 Sinclair Lewis Avenue, Sauk Centre, MN, USA

The restored childhood home of America's first winner of the Nobel prize for literature contains early 20th century furnishings and original artifacts. Read More

• 207-729-6606
• 161 Park Row, Brunswick, ME, USA

The Skolfield-Whittier House has a unique and wondrous story. Two brothers whose family made its fortune building ships and freighting goods around the world completed it between 1858 and 1862. Each brother lived on one side of this semi-detached structure. One half of the house was eventually sold off to a succession of owners, the last of which is… Read More

• 614-833-1880
• 1375 State Route 674, Canal Winchester, OH, USA

The gothic revival farmhouse was built in 1856 and restored by Metro Parks for authenticity. Guests can tour the living room, parlor and kitchen and watch the ladies prepare the meals and tend the house. The multi-bay barn was built by Samuel Oman, the fourth owner of Slate Run Farm, and restored by Amish carpenters. Read More

• 585-394-4922
• 151 Charlotte Street, Canandaigua, NY, USA

A beautiful Victorian mansion and gardens, located at the north end of Canandaigua Lake was ormerly the summer home of Canandaigua benefactors Frederick Ferris and Mary Clark Thompson. Read More

• 707-938-9560
• 363 3rd Street West, Sonoma, CA, USA

In 1850 General Vallejo, now an elected State Senator, purchased some acreage at the foot of the hills, one-half mile west and north of Sonoma’s central plaza. The land surrounded a fine, free-flowing spring that the Indians had called Chiucuyem (tears of the mountain). Vallejo retained this name for his new estate, but translated it into Latin, Lachryma Montis. Read More

• 631-283-2492
• 17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY, USA

The Rogers Mansion was built by Captain Albert Rogers in 1843, at the peak of the whaling industry. The property had been in his family since 1648. In 1898 Samuel L. Parrish, a wealthy NYC attorney and land developer purchased the home and added many colonial-revival additions. The Museum acquired the one-acre property in 1952 and began adding historic… Read More

• 985-851-154
• 1208 Museum Drive, Houma, LA, USA

Southdown Plantation House is a 19th-century sugar manor house and home to the Terrebonne Museum of history and culture. It was built in 1859 as a one-story Greek Revival house by sugar planter William J. Minor. His son, Henry C. Minor, added the second floor and Victorian-style architectural features in 1893. Read More

• 806-537-3118
• East 5th Street & Elsie, Panhandle, TX, USA

A square house with sides measuring 24' doesn't sound like much, but when it was built in the 1880s, it was the envied by the locals, many who were living in dugouts. Exhibits on the early plainsmen include wildlife, a vintage caboose, and a restored and furnished dugout shelter. Read More

• 816-232-8471
• 3406 Frederick Avenue, Saint Joseph, MO, USA

Housed in the 1879 Wyeth-Tootle mansion, the museum features exhibits on American Indian materials, vertebrate natural history, St. Joseph history, and the Civil War and Victorian periods. Read More

• 530-895-3848
• 307 West 5th Street, Chico, CA, USA

Located at 5th and Salem in Chico CA, the Stansbury Home is considered one of the most well preserved buildings in California. Built in 1883 by Dr Oscar Stansbury, the home stands today as it did at the turn of the century. Read More

• 815-232-8419
• 1440 South Carrol Avenue, Freeport, IL, USA

The Stephenson County Historical Society's collection is housed in the former home of Oscar and Malvina Snow Taylor. The Taylors were one of Freeport's prominent early families. Descendents of their only son, Oscar Jr., donated the home to the Historical Society in 1944. The home is decorated as it would have been when the Taylors lived there during the… Read More

• 254-965-5880
• 525 East Washington Street, Stephenville, TX, USA

Nestled on 3 acres adjacent to the Bosque River, the Stephenville Historical House Museum consists of 12 nineteenth century structures and historical exhibits. Buildings include several log cabins, a ranch house owned by John Tarleton (founder of Tarleton State University), a blacksmith shop, a rock cottage, a two-story Victorian house (under renovation), a chapel, and a school house. Read More

• 810-882-1681
• 720, Ann Arbor Street, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, 48503, United States

This Italianate home was built in 1872 by Civil War Colonel Thomas Baylis Whitmarsh Stockton and overlooks a natural spring that the Stockton's nicknamed, 'Spring Grove'. Read More

• 301-868-1121
• 9118 Brandywine Road, Clinton, MD, USA

Built in 1852 as a middle-class plantation home, historic Surratt House also served as a tavern and hostelry, a post office, and polling place during the crucial decade before the Civil War. During the war, it was a safehouse for the Confederate underground which flourished in Southern Maryland. It was the country home of Mary Surratt, first woman to… Read More

• 605-854-3383
• 105 Olivet Avenue Southeast, De Smet, SD, USA

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books imortalized this town. Her family lived in the Surveyor's House and her father built the Ingalls Home. Read More

• 580-623-5069
• 519 North Weigle Avenue, Watonga, OK, USA

The Ferguson Mansion was built in 1907. T.B. Ferguson was appointed to serve as Oklahoma's sixth territorial governor by President Theodore Roosevelt. Read More

• 732-462-1466
• 127 Kings Hwy, Middletown Township, NJ, USA

Joseph Dorset Taylor and Mary Holmes Taylor, first cousins and proud descendants of the Taylors of Middletown, decided to move back to Middletown and build an imposing new house on an inherited family farm. The outcome was a restrained Italianate residence, named “Orchard Home” but now called the Taylor-Butler House. It reflected the success that Joseph Taylor had achieved… Read More

• 515-281-7205
• 2300 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA, USA

Benjamin Franklin Allen, Iowa's first millionaire, built Terrace Hill as his family home. Construction of this 18,000-square-foot home began in 1866 and was completed in 1869. The original cost of $250,000 included the Mansion, Carriage House, all of the furnishings, and approximately 30 acres of land. The house contained very modern features for its time, such as hot and… Read More

• (970) 221-0533
• 328 W Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521

The Avery House, Margareth Merrill Memorial Gazebo, fountain, and carriage house are part of the Avery House Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Read More

• 607-756-7551
• 37 Tompkins Street, Cortland, NY, USA

Explore 15,000 square feet of four floors within the Wickwire Residence in Downtown Cortland, NY. The grand limestone Chateauesque style mansion, built by industrialist and local philanthropist Chester F Wickwire and designed by architect Samuel Burrage Reed, features parquet floor, jewel-like stained glass windows, oak and cherry woodwork, and ornate decorative stenciling. Read More

• 870-224-2271
• 705 North Main Street, Monticello, AR, USA

Once a hotel and passed through several owners, the Allen House is a lovely, huge home with an intriguing history of a broken heart, suicide and documented hauntings. Read More

• 305-442-6866
• The Barnacle Historic State Park, Main Highway, Miami, FL, USA

This beautiful house with a whimsical name dates to a simpler time. The Barnacle, built in 1891, offers a glimpse of frontier life during The Era of the Bay, when all travel to and from Miami was by boat. Situated on the shore of Biscayne Bay, this was the home of Ralph Middleton Munroe, one of Coconut Grove's most… Read More

• 860-628-5426
• 85 N Main St, Southington, CT, USA

Displays of historic diaries, photographs, periodicals, clothing and other items are featured in this house. Framed in solid oak, the house features finely crafted woodwork, stairways, and fireplaces. Read More

• 910-251-3700
• 503 Market Street, Wilmington, NC, USA

The Bellamy Mansion is one of North Carolina's most spectacular examples of antebellum architecture built on the eve of the Civil War by free and enslaved black artisans, for John Dillard Bellamy (1817-1896) physician, planter and business leader; and his wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss (1821-1907) and their nine children. After the fall of Fort Fisher in 1865, Federal troops… Read More

• 607-772-9179
• 129 Main St, Binghamton, NY, USA

The house is an 1892 Queen Anne designed by Elfred Bartoo and was the first home of Harlow E. Bundy, founder of Bundy Mfg. and progenitor of IBM. Currently it showcases middle-class lifestyles in the late Victorian period and features exhibits including the timeclock collection and a modern art gallery. It frequently hosts educational and social events and programs. Read More

• 402-825-6001
• North 3rd Street & Main Street, Brownville, NE, USA

Built in 1860 by Richard Brown, the founder of Brownsville, it later became the home of John Carson a prominent bank president. Since the home was occupied by Carson's descendants until being donated to the Brownville Historical Society in 1966, the home contains many of its original furnishings and has not been updated with any modern conveniences. Read More

• 740-373-4180
• 418 4th Street, Marietta, OH, USA

Excellent example of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture. Built in 1847. Read More

• 573-324-6707
• 207 East Champ Clark Drive, Bowling Green, MO, USA

Honeyshuck is the lovely old restored two-story front-gable-and-wing frame home of James Beauchamp “Champ” Clark. The home displays furnishings and memorabilia and is named “Honeyshuck” for the yard’s honey locusts, whose shucks fall to the ground. The home was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976. Read More

• 503-728-3608
• 620 SW Tichenor St, Clatskanie, OR, USA

The Flippin House National Historic Site, locally and affectionately known as the Castle, is built high on a hill above the town of Clatskanie. The original owners of the Castle were Thomas and Florence (Elliott) Flippin who filed Donation Land Claims in timber property and later established the West Oregon Lumber mill. Tom began saving the best lumber for… Read More

• 479-783-3000
• 514 North 6th Street, Fort Smith, AR, USA

The Clayton House provides a step back to 1882, the year William Henry Harrison Clayton moved his family into the antebellum home that he doubled in size and shaped into an Italianate-style masterpiece. Coal-burning fireplaces and period furnishings in each room place you in a time that featured no indoor plumbing or electricity, but that was rich with austerity. Read More

• 585-589-9013
• 14389 Ridge Road, Albion, NY, USA

The Cobblestone Museum is an open-air museum that promotes the study and exploration of cobblestone construction methods from 1825 to 1860, offering visitors the opportunity to explore three period cobblestone structures set in Victorian appearance and four wood structures highlighting 19th century agricultural implements and skilled trades. Read More

• 413-542-8161
• 280 Main Street, Amherst, MA, USA

The Emily Dickinson Museum includes The Homestead, where poet Emily Dickinson was born and lived most of her life, and The Evergreens, home of the poet’s brother and his family. The two houses share three acres of the original Dickinson property in the center of Amherst, Massachusetts. Read More

• 217-782-6450
• South 5th Street & East Jackson Street, Springfield, IL, USA

The Illinois Executive Mansion is the third-oldest, continuously occupied Governor's home in the nation. Seven Presidents, including Lincoln, have been received here. Three levels are open to the public including four formal parlors; a state dining room; ballroom; four bedrooms, including the Lincoln bedroom; and a library handcrafted from Native American Black Walnut. Read More

• 512-305-3650
• 1316 West 6th Street, Austin, Texas 78703, USA

Flower Hill is a single-family historic home in the heart of Austin; The 1.38-acre grounds include 6 historic outbuildings--a lumber-room, chicken coop, carriage garage, barn, rose arbor, and animal stables—as well as original F. Weigl ironwork, a late 19th century carriage drive, and walkways created from the paving stones of the original Congress Avenue. Read More

• 973-962-2240
• Sloatsburg Road, Ringwood, NJ, USA

Martin J. Ryerson purchased the historic ironworks and began building the present Manor House in 1807 while still operating the iron mines and forges on the property. New York's Peter Cooper, a remarkable inventor and industrialist and his young son-in-law, Abram S. Hewitt, purchased Ringwood in 1854. Read More

• 412-371-0600
• 7227 Reynolds St. Pittsburgh, PA 15208

The home of the Henry Clay Frick family from 1882–1905, this meticulously restored 22-room Italianate mansion features an impressive array of fine and decorative art objects purchased by the Fricks. Read More

• 765-966-1262
• 2593 Pleasant View Rd, Richmond, IN, USA

Jonas Gaar and his sons, Abram and John Milton Gaar, and Jonas' son-in-law, William G. Scott were founders of Gaar-Scott and Company, the leading manufacturer of threshing machines and steam engines from 1842 to 1911. Read More

• 920-922-1166
• 336 Old Pioneer Road, Fond du Lac, WI, USA

Gardens with a gazebo, a carriagehouse and a log cabin surround the restored 30-room Victorian Mansion. The village contains a school, a church, and many shops. Read More

• 319-377-6672
• 970 10th St, Marion, IA, USA

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a wonderful example of Victorian Italianate architecture, The Granger House Victorian Museum is the only restored middle-class family home in the Cedar Rapids area. Occupied by a single family for nearly 100 years, the house contains many of its original furnishings and is arranged to reflect the lifestyle of a… Read More

• 765-648-6875
• 626 Main Street, Anderson, IN, USA

This three story Second Empire style house was built in 1860. Living history tours present the house as it was when Martin Gruenewald, a local businessman, completed it. The home is decorated with turn of the century furnishings. Read More

• 303-569-2840
• 305 Argentine Street, Georgetown, CO, USA

Originally a small cottage, this property was built by Joseph Watson in 1867 and later remodeled and vastly enlarged by his British brother-in-law William Arthur Hamill in 1879. The Hamill House presents the public with the elegant, spacious lifestyle of a silver mining magnate. Owner of extensive mining properties, Hamill's management of the famous and profitable Dives-Pelican and Terrible… Read More

• 608-786-1399
• 357 West Garland Street, West Salem, WI, USA

Home of the winner of the 1921 Pulizter Prize. Read More

• 315-252-2081
• 180 South Street, Auburn, NY, USA

The Harriet Tubman Home preserves the legacy of "The Moses of Her People" in the place where she lived and died in freedom. Read More

• 201-445-8311
• 335 Franklin Turnpike, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423

The fourteen-room Gothic Revival house was built in 1847–48 from designs by William H. Ranlett for Elijah Rosencrantz, Jr.. Members of the Rosencrantz family owned The Hermitage estate from 1807 to 1970, but the property has ties to the Revolutionary War as well. General George Washington stayed on the property with his troops, as did many other historical people… Read More