A historic place, or heritage site is an officialy recognized location where pieces of social history have been preserved due to their cultural value. Historic place means a building, a garden, a tree, the remains of a ship or part of a ship, an archaeological site, a precinct, a site or the land associated with any of these things that has cultural heritage significance or other heritage significance.
Read down below and find out which are the most beautiful historical places in the USA.
Historical places in the USA
The Lincoln Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial. Each year, nearly 29 million people come to visit the National Mall, a long strip of greenery in the heart of Washington where several chapters of the country’s history have been written. Here stand some of the country’s most iconic monuments and museums, the vast majority of which are free. Guided tour from west to east, from the Potomac to the Capitol.
The building is in the form of a Greek Doric temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known speeches by Lincoln. Above the colonnade, inscribed on the frieze, are the names of the 36 states in the Union at the time of Lincoln’s death and the dates in which they entered the Union. Leading up to the shrine on the east side are the main steps. Beginning at the edge of the Reflecting Pool, the steps rise to the Lincoln Memorial Circle roadway surrounding the edifice, then to the main portal, intermittently spaced with a series of platforms.
Independence Hall
Discovering and visiting Philadelphia means first of all returning to the heart and the birth of American history. Let’s never forget that the “City of Brotherly Love” was the capital of the United States from 1790 to 1800, pending the construction of Washington. True cradle of the nation (and of tolerance), it is in this city of Pennsylvania that the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the first American Constitution (1787) were drawn up.
The first two presidents of the United States – George Washington and John Adams – also sat in Philadelphia , Adams, however, completed his first term in 1800 in Washington, at the brand new White House, shortly before failing in his bid for re-election against Thomas Jefferson
All this flavor of history is gathered on barely 20 hectares in the Old City district within the perimeter of the Independence National Historical Park, less than a ten-minute walk from Downtown and its skyscrapers. What makes Philly – as the Americans call it with a certain fraternity and tenderness – very exciting and endearing at the same time.
Trinity Church of the City of Boston
This landmark and historical place is located in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, is a parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. The congregation, which currently has about 4,000 homes, was founded in 1733. Five services are offered each Sunday, and weekday services are offered three times a week from September to June. Within the spectrum of worship styles in the Anglican tradition, Trinity Church has always been considered a parish of Broad Church.
In addition to worship, the parish is actively involved in community service, pastoral care, programs for children and adolescents, and Christian education for all ages. The church is home to several top choirs, including the Trinity Choir, Trinity Schola, Trinity Choristers and Trinity Chamber Choir. The building, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, is currently under consideration for becoming a Boston Landmark.
Taos Pueblo (New Mexico)
The first Native Americans settled in Taos more than 800 years ago. It single-handedly embodies the pueblo culture that has so influenced the New Mexico region with its adobe style. Today, the village is still an Indian reservation that you can visit and discover with a local guide. A beautiful and unmissable place in the Santa Fe area .
Washington D.C.
Founded in 1790 following the “Residence Act”, a law that served to close the debate on the location of the American capital, Washington has since been a real place of history. The Capitol, built in 1812, bears witness to the evolution of American democracy and its history. There are many internationally renowned administrative buildings there and there are countless memorials dedicated to the history of the United States (Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. Monument, World War II Memorial, etc.). This is without counting the many museums in the city.
Anasazi Country (Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado)
Straddling New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado (Four Corners region), the Anasazis are Native Americans whose culture was at its peak between 1000 and 1300 AD. JC. Now extinct (their descendants are the Zunis and the Hopis), this civilization nevertheless left its mark in the American Southwest. Their villages, integrated into the cliffs (troglodyte dwellings), and the traces of their civilization (petroglyphs for example) are still admired and discovered each year by thousands of tourists. Mesa Verde National Park, Canyon de Chelly, Chaco Culture National Historic Park are some of the many testimonies of this civilization. There are nearly 4,000 archaeological sites in the Four Corners region!
Bodie State Historic Park (California)
At the end of the 19th century, Bodie was one of California’s major towns. Today it is the largest ghost town in the United States and a protected historic site. Founded in 1859, Bodie grew around its mine after WS Bodey discovered gold there. This ghost town located on the border between Nevada and California, is the symbol of the gold rush which attracted more than 300,000 people to the western United States (from 1848 to 1856). A veritable open-air museum that immerses you directly in the history of the United States.
Pu’uhonna o Honaunau National Historical Park (Hawaii)
We often tend to forget it, but Hawaii is an American state with a rich and complex history that is an integral part of American history (and much more since Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States is from there) . Pu’uhonna o Honaunau is a national park located on the island of Big Island. This protected site since 1955 bears witness to the history of the Hawaiians, their culture and their legends. Linked to the history of the Polynesians, it bears witness to a past that still influences Hawaiian culture.
Independence Hall and Liberty Bell in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
It is there, or almost, that the modern history of the United States began. It was at Independence Hall that the declaration of independence was signed in 1776, followed by the constitution in 1787. Together with Congress Hall and Old City Hall, they form Independence Square. Opposite, in a modern building, you can discover Liberty Bell, this bell forged by John Stow and John Pass, which broke when it sounded for the first time following the first reading of the declaration of independence on July 18, 1776. Two streets away, the house of Betsy Ross, this American who would have (some doubts remain) made the first American flag!
Pearl Harbor (Hawaï)
Pearl Harbor is the event that led the United States to officially enter the war during World War II. Following this attack by the Japanese army, the conflict raging in Europe and Asia took another turn. This was followed by the Normandy landings and the two nuclear bombs that were dropped on Japan. A historic episode that changed the world east and west of America.
Fort Davis National Historic Site (Texas)
Built in 1845, Fort Davis is a military fort located in West Texas. Its primary purpose was to ensure the transportation and safety of travelers between San Antonio and El Paso. This road crossed in particular the territories of the Comanches and Apaches. Afterwards, the military camp served during the Civil War. This historic site is now preserved and open to visitors. A very beautiful historical visit, a real favorite.
Ground Zero (New York)
It is recent history, but the events of September 11, 2001 marked the collective memory of millions of people around the world. Today, there remains a magnificent memorial, a small museum and St-Paul’s Chapel. A must visit place if you visit New York.
Plantations in Louisiana (Louisiana)
A state in the southern United States named in honor of the King of France, Louis XIV, Louisiana has strong ties to Europe. French and then Spanish possession, it returned to the hands of France until Napoleon sold it to the United States in 1803. It is all these cultures that today make up the richness and diversity of Louisiana, we find it in particular in its gastronomy, its language but also its architecture. Its history is also that of slavery and its famous plantations including Oak Alley and Laura Plantation. A dark page from the United States and Louisiana that will fascinate the history-loving visitor.
Statue of Liberty in New York
In copper with a verdigris patina, on a pink granite slab base, the Statue of Liberty is a national monument located in the United States in New York City at Liberty Land . Facing southeast covering an area of nearly 59,500 m2, the statue built in a neoclassical style receives more than 4,000,000 visitors a year. It is represented by a woman in an upright position, the shoulders turned a few quarters and the left foot forward with the rear right heel raised. She wears sandals and is dressed in a draped dress and crowned with a crown comprising seven points symbolizing the seven continents or the seven oceans. However, the seven points could also refer to the seven oceans.
The Mississippi River
The Mississippi or Angled Mississippi River is a river located in North America crossing the central part of the United States and its course has a meridian orientation. This river with a length of 3,780 km is cited as a historical monument to visit in America, because it constitutes until today a fundamental economic and cultural element of the United States. The name of the river is of Amerindian origin, and the peculiarity of this river is that the source of the river is closer to the center of the Earth than the mouth, but this “anomaly” is nevertheless explainable by the laws of the gravity. The distance to the center of the Earth does not determine the direction of the river’s flow, but rather the gravity gradient.
Oljato Monument Valley in Arizona
On the edge of Utah north of Arizona is Monument Valley, a vast expanse of desert as orange as the sun and dotted with huge monoliths that seem to have risen from the ground. This monument is to be visited absolutely, to see the sunset there is a spectacle worthy of a fairy tale. Indeed, a large quantity of rocky sediments resulting from the erosion of the soil in the West settled in this place and turned into rocks then the water and the sun finished sculpting these rocks for tender similar to works of art. architects. Of the many buzzards and mesas that formed all three, the best known are West Mitten Butte, East Motten Butte, and Merrick Butte.
Hollywood Walk of Fame
In Los Angeles, California, there is a famous sidewalk in the Hollywood district called the Hollywood Walk of Fame. You want to take a trip to a site that immerses you in the world of cinema, show business and celebrity or the shootings that have had the most success in your heart and on TV, this site will make you happy. On Hollywood Boulevard is the sidewalk featuring this series of star-shaped insignia as permanent public monuments, in the names of movie industry stars decorated by the Chamber of Commerce. Hollywood and whose upkeep is self-funded by the Hollywood Historic Trust.
Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge or in English the Golden Gate Bridge is an American suspension bridge located in the State of California in San Francisco precisely. It connects the cities of San Francisco and Sausalito while crossing the bay that opens into the Atlantic Ocean . Its construction, which began in 1933, would not end until four years later given the many difficulties encountered. Colored, the bridge was built so as to be in symbiosis with the surrounding landscapes and it can swing more than two meters to resist winds of nearly 160 km/h. It has six lanes open to vehicular traffic and two walkways reserved for pedestrians on either side of the bridge and it is one of the highest suspension bridges in the world for that matter.
