Lankford Cave Historic Site
211 South 2nd Street, Rockport, Indiana 47635
Pause in Rockport to see Lankford Cave, a local historic-site stop with a natural-cave setting.
Red Clay State Historic Park
Listed in Native American Heritage Sites, State park, Trail of Tears, Visited by Old Folks Adventures
1140 Red Clay Park Road SW, Cleveland, Tennessee 37311
Visit the final seat of the Cherokee national government in the East, with exhibits and historic grounds connected to the Trail of Tears.
Old Train Depot
Listed in Railroad Depot, Tourist attraction
111 S Illinois Ave, Carbondale, IL 62901, Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Carbondale’s Old Train Depot recalls the Illinois Central Railroad era and the rail connections that helped shape this southern Illinois community.
Lloyd Tilghman Memorial
401 Fountain Ave, Paducah, Kentucky 42001
This Paducah memorial honors Lloyd Tilghman, a railroad engineer and Confederate brigadier general associated with western Kentucky. It offers a brief place to reflect on the region’s Civil War history and is located at the historic Lloyd Tilghman House site.
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
3027 E S St, Lincoln City, Indiana 47552
Walk the Indiana landscape where Abraham Lincoln spent his youth, with museum exhibits, historic grounds, a reconstructed pioneer farm, trails, and the cemetery where his mother is buried.
Cedar Lake Trail Access
Listed in Hiking area, National forest
Boat Dock Road, Alto Pass, IL 62905, Alto Pass, Illinois 62905
Reach the forested shores of 1,750-acre Cedar Lake, where Shawnee National Forest bluffs and quiet water create a peaceful southern Illinois setting.
Site of Kercheval, Indiana
Listed in Historical landmark
13799 200 E, Chrisney, Indiana 47611
A rural Spencer County map point marking the historic community of Kercheval, northeast of Chrisney. Best suited to travelers interested in Indiana place names, local history, and the traces of former settlements.
Pigeon Roost Memorial State Historic Site
75 Edrington Blvd, Underwood, Indiana 47177
Pigeon Roost Memorial State Historic Site near Underwood commemorates the September 3, 1812, attack on a frontier settlement that killed 24 settlers. The quiet memorial offers a chance to reflect on Indiana’s early history, the War of 1812 era, and the human cost of frontier conflict.
Mount Vernon Indiana
399-327 Main St, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620
Mount Vernon is a historic Posey County seat on Indiana’s Ohio River, where riverfront scenery, local heritage, and nearby outdoor areas make for a relaxed southwestern Indiana stop.
Millstone Bluff Archaeological Area
F896+CX Simpson, Illinois, Simpson, Illinois 62985
Explore an interpretive trail through the remains of a late prehistoric Native American settlement at this scenic Shawnee National Forest archaeological site near Simpson, Illinois.
Lankford Cave Historic Site
211 South 2nd Street, Rockport, Indiana 47635
Pause in Rockport to see Lankford Cave, a local historic-site stop with a natural-cave setting.
Red Clay State Historic Park
Listed in Native American Heritage Sites, State park, Trail of Tears, Visited by Old Folks Adventures
1140 Red Clay Park Road SW, Cleveland, Tennessee 37311
Visit the final seat of the Cherokee national government in the East, with exhibits and historic grounds connected to the Trail of Tears.
Old Train Depot
Listed in Railroad Depot, Tourist attraction
111 S Illinois Ave, Carbondale, IL 62901, Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Carbondale’s Old Train Depot recalls the Illinois Central Railroad era and the rail connections that helped shape this southern Illinois community.
Lloyd Tilghman Memorial
401 Fountain Ave, Paducah, Kentucky 42001
This Paducah memorial honors Lloyd Tilghman, a railroad engineer and Confederate brigadier general associated with western Kentucky. It offers a brief place to reflect on the region’s Civil War history and is located at the historic Lloyd Tilghman House site.
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
3027 E S St, Lincoln City, Indiana 47552
Walk the Indiana landscape where Abraham Lincoln spent his youth, with museum exhibits, historic grounds, a reconstructed pioneer farm, trails, and the cemetery where his mother is buried.
Cedar Lake Trail Access
Listed in Hiking area, National forest
Boat Dock Road, Alto Pass, IL 62905, Alto Pass, Illinois 62905
Reach the forested shores of 1,750-acre Cedar Lake, where Shawnee National Forest bluffs and quiet water create a peaceful southern Illinois setting.
Site of Kercheval, Indiana
Listed in Historical landmark
13799 200 E, Chrisney, Indiana 47611
A rural Spencer County map point marking the historic community of Kercheval, northeast of Chrisney. Best suited to travelers interested in Indiana place names, local history, and the traces of former settlements.
Pigeon Roost Memorial State Historic Site
75 Edrington Blvd, Underwood, Indiana 47177
Pigeon Roost Memorial State Historic Site near Underwood commemorates the September 3, 1812, attack on a frontier settlement that killed 24 settlers. The quiet memorial offers a chance to reflect on Indiana’s early history, the War of 1812 era, and the human cost of frontier conflict.
Mount Vernon Indiana
399-327 Main St, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620
Mount Vernon is a historic Posey County seat on Indiana’s Ohio River, where riverfront scenery, local heritage, and nearby outdoor areas make for a relaxed southwestern Indiana stop.
Millstone Bluff Archaeological Area
F896+CX Simpson, Illinois, Simpson, Illinois 62985
Explore an interpretive trail through the remains of a late prehistoric Native American settlement at this scenic Shawnee National Forest archaeological site near Simpson, Illinois.
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