Carl Sandburg State Historic Site
🏆 Illinois History — Birthplace of poet Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878) — the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Chicago Poems”
Bryant Cottage State Historic Site
🏆 Illinois History — The house where Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas agreed to their famous 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates —
Black Hawk State Historic Site
🏆 Illinois History — Site of the 1832 Black Hawk War along the Rock River — where Sauk leader Black
Bishop Hill State Historic Site
🏆 Illinois History — Preserved 1846 Swedish utopian commune — 1,500 Swedish immigrants led by Erik Jansson built this communal
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
🏆 Illinois History — The most-visited presidential library in America — 200,000+ artifacts chronicling Lincoln’s life from log cabin to
Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — The only surviving Burr arch truss covered bridge in Missouri — built in 1871, spanning 120
Scott Joplin House State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — Home of the “King of Ragtime” — Scott Joplin lived in this St. Louis flat from
Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — Historic cemetery near Arrow Rock — burial site of the Sappington family, including Dr. John Sappington
Sandy Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — One of only four remaining covered bridges in Missouri — built in 1872 using the Howe
Osage Village State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — Archaeological site of a major Osage Nation village occupied from the 1600s to 1700s — the
Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — Home of Nathan Boone — son of legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone! Nathan was a U.S. Army
Morris State Park
🏆 Missouri History — Small park in the Missouri Bootheel — part of the unique Mississippi alluvial plain region, one
Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — The tiny cabin where Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born on November 30, 1835 — he would
Jewell Cemetery State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — Historic African American cemetery in Columbia — final resting place for enslaved and free Black Missourians
Iliniwek Village State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — Archaeological site of a 17th-century Illinois (Illiniwek) Confederation village — the Kaskaskia and Peoria peoples lived
Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — Grand 1860 antebellum home in New Madrid — built by merchant William Hunter in the “Bootheel”
Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — The tiny 6-room house in Lamar where Harry S Truman was born on May 8, 1884
Governor Daniel Dunklin’s Grave State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — Gravesite of Missouri’s 5th governor (1832-1836) — Daniel Dunklin championed education reform and supported the rights
Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site
🏆 Official Guide: Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site — The restored boyhood home of “Black Jack”
Fort Davidson State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — Site of the Battle of Pilot Knob (September 27, 1864) — 1,500 Union soldiers held off
First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — Where Missouri government first met in 1821 — the restored Peck Brothers store in St. Charles
Felix Valle House State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — 1818 French Colonial limestone house in Ste. Genevieve — oldest permanent European settlement west of the
Deutschheim State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — Preserves the German heritage of Hermann, Missouri — founded in 1836 by the Deutsche Ansiedlungs-Gesellschaft as
Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — Eccentric 12,000-square-foot lodge built into a limestone bluff by John Homer Bothwell (1897–1928) — features 31
Bollinger Mill State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — 1800s water-powered grist mill with adjacent Burfordville Covered Bridge — the oldest covered bridge in Missouri
Battle of Lexington State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — Site of the three-day “Battle of the Hemp Bales” (September 1861) — Confederates soaked hemp bales
Battle of Island Mound State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — Site where the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry became among the first African American soldiers to engage
Battle of Carthage State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — Site of the first full-scale land battle of the Civil War — July 5, 1861, eleven
Battle of Athens State Historic Site
🏆 Missouri History — Northernmost Civil War battle west of the Mississippi — August 5, 1861, 500 Union Home Guard
Yachats Ocean Road State Natural Site
🏆 Rugged basalt shoreline along Yachats Ocean Road — Yachats (pronounced “ya-HOTS”) is called the “Gem of the Oregon Coast”
Wolf Creek Inn State Heritage Site
🏆 Oregon’s oldest continuously operating hotel — built in 1883! Jack London stayed here in 1911 and wrote portions of
Willamette Stone State Heritage Site
🏆 The exact point from which ALL land in Oregon and Washington is surveyed — the Willamette Stone marks the
Wallowa Lake Highway Forest State Scenic Corridor
🏆 Stunning mountain highway corridor leading to Wallowa Lake — the “Switzerland of Oregon” with 9,000-foot peaks and glacial lakes
Unity Forest State Scenic Corridor
🏆 Mountain forest corridor in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon — ponderosa pine forests at 4,000+ feet elevation. Visitor
Umpqua State Scenic Corridor
🏆 Scenic corridor along the North Umpqua River — legendary steelhead and salmon fishing on one of Oregon’s most pristine
Tseriadun State Recreation Site
🏆 Recreation site in the Mount Hood foothills — “Tseriadun” is a Native American name reflecting the deep indigenous heritage
Sunset Beach State Recreation Site
🏆 Wide sandy beach near Warrenton — views of the Columbia River Bar, “Graveyard of the Pacific,” where over 2,000
Stonefield Beach State Recreation Site
🏆 Secluded beach with exposed rock formations and tide pools — one of the quieter, lesser-known beaches on the central
Sheridan State Scenic Corridor
🏆 Scenic corridor along the South Yamhill River — Oregon wine country with sweeping views of the Coast Range foothills.
Paradise Point State Recreation Site
Paradise Point State Recreation Site is a day-use coastal viewpoint and beach access just north of Port Orford, Oregon, known for beachcombing for agates and glass floats and for views to Cape Blanco.
Otter Point State Recreation Site
🏆 Rocky headland on the southern Oregon coast — tide pools, sea stacks, and excellent whale watching. Sea otters were
Ontario State Recreation Site
🏆 Rest area on the Snake River at the Oregon-Idaho border — Ontario is Oregon’s eastern gateway, where Pacific and
Ona Beach State Park
🏆 Beautiful park where Beaver Creek meets the Pacific Ocean — sheltered beach, estuary habitat, and the Brian Booth Wetlands
Mary S. Young State Recreation Area
🏆 128-acre forested park along the Willamette River in West Linn — old-growth Douglas fir and big-leaf maple with 4
Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail
🏆 Multi-use trail along the Historic Columbia River Highway — America’s first planned scenic highway (1913–1922), an engineering masterpiece by
H. B. Van Duzer Forest State Scenic Corridor
🏆 Ancient old-growth Sitka spruce forest along Highway 18 — some trees over 200 feet tall and 500+ years old!
Governor Patterson Memorial State Recreation Site
🏆 Named for Governor Isaac L. Patterson (1859–1929) — beachfront recreation on the southern Oregon coast. Visitor Information Detail Information
George W. Joseph State Natural Area
🏆 Protects Punch Bowl Falls — a 35-foot waterfall plunging into a bowl-shaped basin in Eagle Creek canyon, one of
Fall Creek State Recreation Site
🏆 Official Guide: Fall Creek State Recreation Site — A scenic day-use area along Fall Creek Reservoir in the Oregon
D River State Recreation Site
🏆 Home of the D River — the world’s shortest river at only 120 feet! It flows from Devils Lake