• 732-919-3500
• 4263 Atlantic Avenue, Farmingdale, NJ, USA

Within the 3000 acre park is an 1800 village that features several houses. Read More

• 660-837-3330
• 39521 Visitor Center Drive, Arrow Rock Township, MO, USA

The site preserves a town that was founded in 1829 and includes the George C. Bingham House and the Dr. Matthew Hall House. Read More

• 765-569-252
• 65 Billie Creek Road, Rockville, IN, USA

This re-created early 20th-century village is comprised of 38 authentic buildings moved to the site. Read More

• 760-616-5040
• Bodie State Historic Park, California 270, Bridgeport, CA, USA

Bodie State Historic Park is a genuine California gold-mining ghost town. Visitors can walk down the deserted streets of a town that once had a population of nearly 10,000 people. The town is named for Waterman S. Body (William Bodey), who had discovered small amounts of gold in hills north of Mono Lake. In 1875, a mine cave-in revealed… Read More

• 203-381-2068
• 5800 Main St, Stratford, CT, USA

Boothe Memorial Park & Museum sits on an idyllic, 32 acre site in the north end of Stratford by the Housatonic River, which was the estate of the Boothe family for many generations and willed to the town in 1949 for the public to enjoy. The park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are many… Read More

• 716-689-1440
• 3755 Tonawanda Creek Road, East Amherst, Amherst, NY, USA

Tour historical homes, a rural church and one-room schoolhouses from the Buffalo Niagara region. Read More

• 513-897-1120
• 3999 Pioneer Village Rd, Waynesville, OH, USA

A recreated 19th century town using rebuilt and restored structures including the 1807 Levi Lukens house, the only building original to the site. Read More

• 440-834-1492
• 14653 East Park Street, Burton, OH, USA

Century Village Museum is an authentic representation of a Western Reserve Village from 1798 to the end of the 19th century. The Museum contains over twenty historically authentic buildings, more than 15,000 museum artifacts, and a working farm with a sugar bush for making maple syrup. Read More

• 702-455-7955
• 1830 S Boulder Hwy, Henderson, NV, USA

The museum is a 30-acre site that features a modern exhibit hall with a timeline exhibit about southern Nevada from pre-historic to modern times and a collection of restored historic buildings that depict daily life from different decades in Las Vegas, Boulder City, Henderson, and Goldfield. Read More

• 317-776-6006
• 13400 Allisonville Rd, Fishers, IN, USA

Conner Prairie is an open-air living history museum. It serves as a local, regional, and national center for research and education about the lives, times, attitudes, and values of early 19th-century settlers in the Old Northwest Territory, based upon the Indiana experience. Conner Prairie features a modern Museum Center, special facilities, and three historic areas: the historic 1836 village… Read More

• 810-736-7100
• 6140 North Bray Road, Flint, MI, USA

The restored Genesee County community of 1860 to 1880 includes several residences and a number of craft shops. Read More

• 605-996-2122
• 1300 McGovern Ave, Mitchell, SD, USA

The museum complex has several restored buildings, including the 1886 Beckwith House. The museum has a good collection of Victorian artifacts, including fine examples of vintage clothing. Read More

• 760-743-8207

Established in 1976, the History Center includes buildings from Escondido's early development that were relocated to Grape Day Park. Read More

• 541-576-2251
• 64696 Fort Rock Road, Fort Rock, OR, USA

A group of eastern Oregon homestead homes, church, and school buildings assembled in a village setting, with furnishing from that era. Read More

• 559-683-6570
• Fresno Flats Historical Village & Park, High School Road, Oakhurst, CA, USA

Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park recaptures the flavor of 19th Century life in the Sierra Nevada foothills and mountains of Central California. Eastern Madera County is the southern end of the historic Mother Lode gold fields, but the people who settled here came not so much for gold but more to build their lives and raise their families,… Read More

• 920-922-1166
• 336 Old Pioneer Road Fond du Lac, WI 54936-1284

Impressive house mansion from an old pioneer era farmhouse, turned remodeled Italianate residence. It has been a Museum since 1954 and includes a Historic Village to tour. Read More

• 330-666-3711
• 2686 Oak Hill Road, Akron, Bath, OH, USA

An outdoor living history museum featuring life and crafts from the mid-1800s. It includes farm animals, pastures, gardens, and historic houses with historical interpreters dressed in period costume. Read More

• 313-982-6001
• 20900 Oakwood Blvd, Dearborn, MI, USA

Spread over 81 acres are some 80 historic homes, workplaces, and community buildings moved to the site from all over the U.S. Read More

• 972-881-140
• 1900 West 15th Street, Plano, TX, USA

The Heritage Farmstead Museum, located in the heart of Plano, is the premier North Texas museum interpreting farm life and agricultural history. Step back in time to the 1890s to see what life was like for the North Texas farmer. The beautifully groomed 4 acres hosts our Nationally Accredited Landmark Museum, which includes the historic Farrell-Wilson Home, the Young… Read More

• 920-448-5150
• 2640 S Webster Ave, Green Bay, WI, USA

A complex of furnished historical buildings is grouped in four theme areas. Historic homes included are the 1762 fur trader's cabin, 1776 Tank Cottage, 1842 Beupre Place, and a Belgian farmhouse. Read More

• 501-324-9351
• 200 East 3rd Street, Little Rock, AR, USA

The historical museum is comprised of 13 buildings, including the Conway House, the 1820 Hinderliter House, the Noland House, and the 1824 Woodruff House. Read More

• 610-882-450
• 505 Main St, Bethlehem, PA, USA

Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites proudly preserves 20 historic sites, working tirelessly to restore, educate, and learn all we can about these beautiful buildings and their storied pasts Read More

• 269-945-3775
• 2545 S Charlton Park Rd, Hastings, MI, USA

The complex has 16 buildings in its recreated village, some original and others reconstructions. They are furnished in period. Read More

• 609-898-2300
• Historic Cold Spring Village, Seashore Road, Cape May, NJ, USA

Located in one of the great Victorian destination cities in the U.S., this museum features 20 restored buildings that represent a mid 1800s southern New Jersey village. Read More

• 413-774-5581
• 80 Old Main Street, Deerfield, MA, USA

Historic Deerfield Inc., founded in 1952, is an outdoor history museum that focuses on the history and culture of the Connecticut River Valley and early New England. It has a dual mission of educating the public about the lifestyles of the diverse people who lived here long ago and of preserving antique buildings and collections of regional furniture, silver,… Read More

• 906-644-2603
• Fayette Historic State Park, II Road, Garden, MI, USA

This preserved ghost town was founded in 1866 by Jackson Iron Co manager Fayette Brown. The town thrived while there was iron to smelt, but it was abandoned in 1891. Read More

• 419-483-4949
• 5001 State Route 4, Bellevue, OH, USA

Historic Lyme Village depicts life in the Firelands from the arrival of the first settlers, in the early 1800’s, to the early 1900’s. Among the buildings in the village is the John Wright Mansion. This Second Empire Victorian Home was build between 1880 and 1882 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The John Seymour House,… Read More

• 718-351-1611
• 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, NY, USA

The village area occupies 25 acres of a 100-acre site with about 15 restored buildings, including homes and commercial and civic buildings, as well as a museum. Read More

• 423-628-2441
• 1331 Rugby Pkwy, Rugby, TN, USA

An English Settlement dating back to the 1880s. Visitors can learn from interpretive exhibits that trace the town's history and tour Victorian buildings. The first weekend in August is the Prilgrimage of Homes when some of the private homes are also open. Read More

• 870-983-2684

An important stop on the Southwest Trail, James Bowie, Sam Houston, and Davy Crockett famously traveled through here. James Black, a local blacksmith, actually forged the legendary Bowie knife. From 1863-1865, it served as the Confederate capital of Arkansas. The 1874 Courthouse serves as the park visitor center. Start there, and continue to the Blacksmith Shop, Weapons Museum, Print… Read More

• 408-287-2290
• 1650 Senter Road, San Jose, CA, USA

With 27 original and reproduction homes, businesses and landmarks History Park highlights Santa Clara Valley's past. Complete with paved streets, running trolleys and a cafe, this 14-acre site has the charm and ambiance of times gone by. The VPA's project, the Hill House, can be toured. Read More

• 812-883-6495
• 307 E Market St, Salem, IN, USA

The center features a reconstructed pioneer village and the restored home of statesman John Hay. The home is furnished in the 1840s period. Read More

• 330-673-1058
• 4158 State Route 43, Kent, OH, USA

The Kelso House Museum is a group of historical buildings and features located on the grounds of the Brimfield Historical Society. Read More

• 661-437-3330
• 3801 Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, CA, USA

The Kern County Museum contains over 50 historic structures and exhibits depicting the history of Kern County, California, and the West set amid 16-acres of beautiful grounds. Visitors can explore and discover the past at their own pace in this village like setting. Read More

• 308-534-5640
• 2403 North Buffalo Bill Avenue, North Platte, NE, USA

This museum complex contains several furnished homes from the mid to late 1800s. Read More

• 515-278-5286
• 11121 Hickman Road, Urbandale, IA, USA

The 600 acre agriculture museum includes among many structures a Victorian mansion. Read More

• 217-422-4919
• 5580 North Fork Road, Decatur, IL, USA

The three acre complex includes galleries and a historic prairie village. Read More

• 620-367-8200
• 200 Poplar Street, Goessel, KS, USA

The museum complex consists of eight buildings, including the Immigrant House and the Turkey Red Wheat Palace. Six historic buildings from the community have been moved to the museum for preservation and restoration. Read More

• 815-397-9112
• 6799 Guilford Road, Rockford, IL, USA

The museum campus consists of a Victorian village with 26 historical buildings filled with artifacts of the era as well as several beautiful 19th century gardens that depict life in northern Illinois from 1890 to 1910. Interpreters in authentic period dress are available seasonally for guided tours. Read More

• 207-363-4974
• 3 Lindsay Road, York, ME, USA

Offering thirty-seven period room settings and several galleries housed throughout nine historic museum buildings, the Museums of Old York showcases a wealth of early New England art, architecture, and decorative arts. The exhibits focus on the stories of southern Maine's men, women, and children and the world they created and lived in from the earliest settlement in the 1600s… Read More

• 630-420-6010
• 523 South Webster Street, Naperville, IL, USA

The 13 acre museum village has 25 historic buildings and costumed docents to explain them all. 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

• 316-219-1871
• 1865 Museum Blvd, Wichita, KS, USA

36 buildings dating from 1865 to 1885 comprise this museum, including the city's first permanent house. Many of the buildings are furnished with period artifacts. Read More

• 724-266-4500
• 270 16th Street, Ambridge, PA, USA

Old Economy Village interprets the history of the Harmony Society, a highly successful 19th century religious communal society, and preserves and interprets the unique material culture of the Society during its period of residence in Beaver County, Pennsylvania for citizens of and visitors to the Commonwealth. Read More

• 610-385-4762
• 31 Old Philadelphia Pike, Douglassville, PA, USA

Four early stone houses set on the Schuylkill River, the oldest structure in Berks County (Mouns Jones, ca. 1716), the George Douglass Mansion (ca. 1763, unrestored), the modest Bridge Keeper's House and the restored White Horse Tavern, ca. 1727/1762. Read More

• 800-733-1830
• 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road

Old Sturbridge Village is a living, breathing, vibrant village depicting life in New England from 1790-1840. Visitors can meet historians in costume and tour 40 antique buildings, including a country store, school, and water-powered mills. Read More

• 580-225-6266
• West State Highway 66 & Pioneer Road, Elk City, OK, U.S.

The Old Town Museum complex includes the Pioneer Museum and Beutler Brothers Rodeo Hall, the Farm and Ranch Museum, Livery Stable, Train Depot, Wagon Yard and other areas depicting Old Town Elk City as well as The National Route 66 and Transportation Museums. Read More

• 619-220-5422
• 4002 Wallace Street, San Diego, CA, USA

Old Town San Diego State Historic Park pays tribute to the cultural influences that make California special. Restored and reconstructed buildings in central San Diego are now museums, shops and restaurants that capture the energy of Old Town between 1821 and 1872. The central plaza is lined with buildings,some dating back to the 1820s, that offer a glimpse of… Read More

• 262-594-6301
• W372 S9727 Wisconsin 67, Eagle, WI, USA

This 576 acre museum has over 50 preserved and furnished buildings from the 1800s. Read More

• 262-377-4510
• 4880 County Road I, Saukville, WI, USA

Various buildings are in the village. However their website fails to give any description. Read More

• 207-548-2529
• 40 E Main St, Searsport, ME, USA

Among the eight buildings are an 1816 captain's home. Read More

• 715-478-2080
• 1866 13 1/2 - 14th Ave

The museum depicts a pioneer street setting with 24 historic buildings including a farmstead and 19th century home. Read More

• 740-622-7644

A restored 19th century Ohio-Erie Canal town with homes, businesses and a 51 room inn. 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

• 800-590-9755
• 22611 State Route 2, Archbold, OH, USA

Restored buildings house a potter, blacksmith, spinner, weaver, cooper, broommaker, glassblower, and tinsmith, all at work dressed in period costumes. An 1860 homestead with a furnished farmhouse, a barn full of animals and a summer kitchen are on the grounds. Read More

• 781-233-50
• 244 Central Street, Saugus, MA, USA

The Iron Works House dates from the 17th century and contains early American furnishings and exhibits. Read More

• 330-663-6610
• 1984 East High Avenue, New Philadelphia, OH, USA

The Moravian church founded Schoenbrunn ("beautiful spring") in 1772 as a mission to the Delaware Indians. The settlement grew to include sixty dwellings and more than 300 inhabitants who drew up Ohio's first civil code and built its first Christian church and schoolhouse. Read More

• 859-734-5411
• 3501 Lexington Road, Harrodsburg, KY, USA

Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill is America's largest restored Shaker community, with 34 carefully restored buildings and 3,000 acres of preserved farmland. The village is also home to more than 25 miles of striking rock fences, the most extensive collection remaining in Kentucky today. 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

• 719-836-2387
• 100 4th St, Fairplay, CO, USA

This recreated mining town was built in 1957. Some of the buildings are in their original locations, others were moved from the surrounding areas to the park. Over 30 buildings are open, with 4 homes showing the pioneer lifestyle. 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

• 413-205-5051
• 1305 Memorial Avenue, West Springfield, MA, USA

Storrowton Village Museum is an authentic, recreated village of nine 18th and 19th century buildings from Massachusetts and New Hampshire, assembled around a traditional town green. Read More

• 603-433-1100
• 14 Hancock Street, Portsmouth, NH, USA

Strawbery Banke Museum, in the heart of historic downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is an authentic 10-acre outdoor history museum, a National Historic Landmark, dedicated to bringing 300 years of American history to life. Read More

• 260-589-8007
• 1200 Swiss Way, Berne, IN, USA

The park has a number of historic buildings such as an 1816 house, a doctor's office, a barn, and a school house. 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

• 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

• 830-629-6504
• 1370 Church Hill Drive, New Braunfels, TX, USA

The Breustedt-Dillen house is a registered national, state and city historic landmark. The Breustedts built this early Texas farmhouse of German fachwerk construction. Now it is the Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture, a collection of over seventy pieces of Texas Biedermeier furniture (circa 1845-1880) including prominent local German cabinetmakers Jahn, Stauzenberger, Scholl and Tietze. Also the limestone Breustedt kitchen… Read More

• 337-233-4077
• 300 Fisher Road, Lafayette, LA, USA

Vermilionville authentically portrays a way of life preserved with a distinctly French accent. Situated on the banks of the Bayou Vermilion, this Cajun/Creole heritage and folklife park recreates life in the Acadiana area between 1765 and 1890. The beautiful grounds, which are laid out as an historic village, contain eighteen structures, including six restored original homes. In most of… Read More

• 507-451-1420
• 1448 Austin Rd, Owatonna, MN, USA

The Village of Yesteryear, operated by the Steele County Historical Society, is a setting of fifteen structures where you can experience what life was like in Owatonna and Steele County at the turn of the 20th Century. The village hosts a history Extravaganza in July. Read More

• 785-368-3888
• 124 NW Fillmore St, Topeka, KS, USA

Over 2 acres of botanical gardens surround the circa 1870 home. The home is furnished with period pieces. Read More

• 207-326-9247
• 107 Perkins St, Castine, ME, USA

The Wilson Museum was founded by Dr. John Howard Wilson. Dr. Wilson spent most of his youth in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, NY and Nantucket, he came first to Castine with his mother, Cassine Cartwright Wilson, in 1891. By 1906 Dr. Wilson had received from Columbia University, a Ph.D. in geology, was married and had a summer home on Nautilus Island,… Read More

• 419-893-9602
• 1035 River Road, Maumee, OH, USA

The grounds include the 1836 Federal style home of James and Mary Wolcott, along with a log cabin, and 1840s saltbox farmhouse, a 19th century church and the Toledo and Grand Rapids Railroad depot. The Wolcott house displays antique furnishings. Read More

• 330-874-3011
• 198 Main St, Zoar, OH, USA

The village was founded in 1817 by German immigrants. Number One House, the home of leader Joseph Bimeler, a bakery, tin shop, wagon shed, general store, blacksmith shop, and garden house are restored. Read More