USA National Historic Site

For more than forty years, the laboratory created by Thomas Alva Edison in West Orange, New Jersey, had enormous impact on the lives of millions of people worldwide. Out of the West Orange laboratories came the motion picture camera, vastly improved phonographs, sound recordings, silent and sound movies and the nickel-iron alkaline electric storage battery. read more...

Phone: 973-736-0551   Price Range: $0 - $3   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No  
Nearest Popular City: West Orange   Nearest Lake/River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Site   Activities: N/A   Details Provided By: Edison National Historic Site

At Fort Smith National Historic Site you can walk where soldiers drilled, pause along the Trail of Tears, and stand where justice was served. The park includes the remains of two frontier forts and the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas. read more...

Phone: 479-783-3961   Price Range: $3 - $6   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No  
Nearest Popular City: Fort Smith   Nearest Lake/River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Site   Activities: Birding, Wildlife Watching, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Fort Smith National Historic Site

The greatest thing I have learned is how good it is to come home again, Eleanor Roosevelt once told a friend. This simple statement expresses her love for the modest house near the Hudson River she called Val-Kill, the only home that was ever hers. read more...

Phone: 845 229-9115   Price Range: $0 - $8   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No  
Nearest Popular City: Hyde Park   Nearest Lake/River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Site   Activities: Birding, Hiking, Wildlife Watching, Nature Walks   Details Provided By: Eleanor Roosevelt