Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home and National Museum
3027 E S St, Lincoln City, Indiana 47552
Explore the Indiana landscape where Abraham Lincoln grew up, with museum exhibits, the Lincoln family cabin site, a pioneer cemetery, and a living historical farm.
Bardstown Kentucky
105 Court Square, Bardstown, Kentucky 40004
Bardstown blends Kentucky history, handsome architecture, bourbon-country heritage, museums, historic churches, and a walkable downtown into one of the state’s most appealing small-town visits.
Battle of Richmond Battlefield Park
1546 Battlefield Memorial Hwy, Richmond, KY 40475, Richmond, Kentucky 40475
Walk a Civil War battlefield with trails, historic buildings, and a visitor center in Richmond, Kentucky.
Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park
Listed in Hiking area, Historical landmark, Hotel, Restaurant, Revolutionary War, State park, Tourist attraction
10299 Maysville Rd, Carlisle, KY 40311, Carlisle, Kentucky 40311
A Kentucky state park preserving the site of the 1782 Battle of Blue Licks, with a museum, battlefield grounds, lodging, dining, and outdoor recreation.
Boonesborough Civil War Fort
1250 Ford Rd, Winchester, KY 40391, Winchester, Kentucky 40391
A Civil War-era earthwork in the historic Boonesborough area, offering a quiet glimpse into Kentucky’s wartime landscape.
Duff’s Fort Cliff Historic Site
Listed in Historical landmark, Pioneer History
Sturgis, Kentucky 42459
A historic site near Sturgis associated with Duff’s Fort and western Kentucky’s early frontier history.
Jefferson Davis State Historic Site
Listed in Civil War, Civil War Trails, Historical landmark, History museum, Museum, State park, Tourist attraction
258 Pembroke-Fairview Rd, Pembroke, KY 42266, Pembroke, Kentucky 42266
A 351-foot memorial obelisk and museum mark Jefferson Davis’s birthplace in western Kentucky.
Lincoln Memorial Picnic Grounds
521 N Main St, Jonesboro, Illinois 62952
A quiet Jonesboro, Illinois, history stop recalling the third Lincoln-Douglas debate of 1858 and the national questions that shaped the years before the Civil War.
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.
Lyles Station Historic School & Museum
Listed in Heritage tours, Living history farms, Local history museum, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, Visited by Old Folks Adventures
953 County Rd 500 W, Princeton, Indiana 47670
A historic schoolhouse museum near Princeton that preserves the story of Lyles Station, one of Indiana’s earliest African American communities, and the generations who built its schools, farms, and civic life.
Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home and National Museum
3027 E S St, Lincoln City, Indiana 47552
Explore the Indiana landscape where Abraham Lincoln grew up, with museum exhibits, the Lincoln family cabin site, a pioneer cemetery, and a living historical farm.
Bardstown Kentucky
105 Court Square, Bardstown, Kentucky 40004
Bardstown blends Kentucky history, handsome architecture, bourbon-country heritage, museums, historic churches, and a walkable downtown into one of the state’s most appealing small-town visits.
Battle of Richmond Battlefield Park
1546 Battlefield Memorial Hwy, Richmond, KY 40475, Richmond, Kentucky 40475
Walk a Civil War battlefield with trails, historic buildings, and a visitor center in Richmond, Kentucky.
Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park
Listed in Hiking area, Historical landmark, Hotel, Restaurant, Revolutionary War, State park, Tourist attraction
10299 Maysville Rd, Carlisle, KY 40311, Carlisle, Kentucky 40311
A Kentucky state park preserving the site of the 1782 Battle of Blue Licks, with a museum, battlefield grounds, lodging, dining, and outdoor recreation.
Boonesborough Civil War Fort
1250 Ford Rd, Winchester, KY 40391, Winchester, Kentucky 40391
A Civil War-era earthwork in the historic Boonesborough area, offering a quiet glimpse into Kentucky’s wartime landscape.
Duff’s Fort Cliff Historic Site
Listed in Historical landmark, Pioneer History
Sturgis, Kentucky 42459
A historic site near Sturgis associated with Duff’s Fort and western Kentucky’s early frontier history.
Jefferson Davis State Historic Site
Listed in Civil War, Civil War Trails, Historical landmark, History museum, Museum, State park, Tourist attraction
258 Pembroke-Fairview Rd, Pembroke, KY 42266, Pembroke, Kentucky 42266
A 351-foot memorial obelisk and museum mark Jefferson Davis’s birthplace in western Kentucky.
Lincoln Memorial Picnic Grounds
521 N Main St, Jonesboro, Illinois 62952
A quiet Jonesboro, Illinois, history stop recalling the third Lincoln-Douglas debate of 1858 and the national questions that shaped the years before the Civil War.
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.
Lyles Station Historic School & Museum
Listed in Heritage tours, Living history farms, Local history museum, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, Visited by Old Folks Adventures
953 County Rd 500 W, Princeton, Indiana 47670
A historic schoolhouse museum near Princeton that preserves the story of Lyles Station, one of Indiana’s earliest African American communities, and the generations who built its schools, farms, and civic life.
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