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Mark Twain Boyhood Home, Hannibal, Missouri

Mark Twain Boyhood Home, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called “The Read More

Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Springfield, Illinois

Lincoln Home National Historic Site preserves the Springfield, Illinois home and a historic district where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1844 to 1861, before becoming the 16th President of the United States. The home was purchased by Lincoln and his wife in 1844 and was the only home that Lincoln ever owned. Their children, four sons, Read More

John F. Kennedy’s Birthplace, Brookline, Massachusetts

John F. Kennedy’s birthplace, a National Historic Site at 83 Beals St. in Brookline, Mass. In 1914, soon after they were married, Joseph and Rose Kennedy moved into the nine-room Colonial house. Those who visit the house can still see the bassinet where John slept as a baby, along with the piano he played as Read More

The Hudson–Evans House, Detroit, Michigan

The Hudson–Evans House is a private, single-family home located at 79 Alfred Street in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Brush Park district. The House was built circa 1872/73 for Philo Wright, a Detroit-based ship owner. In 1882, the house was given as a wedding present to Grace Whitney Evans, daughter of the lumber baron David Read More

Fair Lane Henry Ford and his wife, Clara, Dearborn, Michigan

Fair Lane was the name of the estate of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford and his wife, Clara Ford, in Dearborn, Michigan. It was named after an area in Cork (city) in Ireland where Ford’s adoptive grandfather , Patrick Ahern, was born. The 1,300-acre estate is along the River Rouge. The residence and part Read More

The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, Washington DC

The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, is located at 1411 W St., SE in Anacostia, a neighborhood east of the Anacostia River in Southeast Washington, D.C.. Established in 1988 as a National Historic Site, the site preserves the home and estate of Frederick Douglass, one of the most prominent Read More

Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum, Key West, Florida

Ernest Hemingway’s house– Key West, FL known as the Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum, was the residence of author Ernest Hemingway in Key West, Florida, United States. This was Hemingway’s home from 1931 to 1939, he retained title to the home until he died. Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was Read More