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Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Series

Heritage Education Services Program

As our list of travel itineraries grows, the historic destinations you can visit online or in person are virtually endless! Each itinerary is a self-guided tour to historic places most of which are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Spotlighting different communities, geographic regions and themes across the country, the travel itineraries expose you to a huge variety of places significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture. The Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itineraries can help you plan your next trip!

List of Itineraries

Our Travel Itinerary series is produced through an innovative partnership program with the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, and various state and local organizations interested in increasing tourism and showcasing their unique historic properties. Working in collaboration with Chambers of Commerce, County Preservation Commissions, and entire cities and municipalities, this series offers historic guides to destinations around the country. Each itinerary highlights different geographic regions or important themes in American history. National Register Travel Itineraries can help you discover these historic destinations online or in person!

Amana Colonies, Iowa

American Presidents

American Southwest

Amistad: Seeking Freedom in Connecticut

Asheville, North Carolina

Ashland, Oregon

Atlanta, Georgia

Augusta, Georgia

Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms

Baltimore, Maryland

Bureau of Reclamation Historic Dams and Water Projects

Early History of the California Coast

Cane River National Heritage Area

Historic Charleston's Religious and Community Buildings

Chicago, Illinois

We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement

Civil War Era National Cemeteries: Honoring Those Who Served

Cultural Diversity: Places Reflecting America's Diverse Cultures

All Aboard for Cumberland, Maryland

Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Pennsylvania

Detroit, Michigan

Florida Shipwrecks

Along the Georgia-Florida Coast

Hardin County, Iowa

Indianapolis, Indiana

James River Plantations, VA

Kingston, New York

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Lexington, Kentucky

Southeastern Louisiana

Maritime History of Massachusetts

Indian Mounds of Mississippi

Scotts Bluff, Nebraska

Three Historic Nevada Cities: Carson City, Reno, Virginia City

Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor

Pierre and Fort Pierre, South Dakota

Pipestone, Minnesota

Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

Raleigh, NC

Richmond, VA

Route 66

Santa Clara County, California

Seattle, Washington

Shaker Historic Trail

Shelby, North Carolina

South and West Texas

Aboard the Underground Railroad

Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Central Vermont

Virginia Main Street Communities

Journey Through Hallowed Ground: Route 15 through Virginia's Piedmont

Washington, DC

Places Where Women Made History: Featuring Massachusetts and New York

World War II in the San Francisco Bay Area


Itineraries Listed Alphabetically by State

Alabama
Aviation
We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Alaska
Aviation
Cultural Diversity
Arizona
American Southwest

Aviation

Bureau of Reclamation Historic Dams and Water Projects
Cultural Diversity
Route 66
Arkansas
American Presidents

Aviation
We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Honoring Those Who Served

Cultural Diversity
California
American Presidents
Aviation

Bureau of Reclamation Historic Dams and Water Projects
Early History of the California Coast
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Route 66
Santa Clara County, California
Veterans Affairs
World War II in the San Francisco Bay Area
Colorado
Aviation
American Southwest

Bureau of Reclamation Historic Dams and Water Projects
Cultural Diversity
Aboard the Underground Railroad

Connecticut
Amistad: Seeking Freedom in CT
Shaker Historic Trail
Aboard the Underground Railroad
Delaware
Aviation

Cultural Diversity
Aboard the Underground Railroad
Florida
American Presidents
Aviation

We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Florida Shipwrecks
Along the Georgia-Florida Coast
Aboard the Underground Railroad
Georgia
American Presidents
Atlanta
Augusta
We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Along the Georgia-Florida Coast
Hawaii
Aviation

Cultural Diversity

Idaho
Aviation

Bureau of Reclamation Historic Dams and Water Projects
Cultural Diversity
Lewis and Clark Expedition

Illinois

American Presidents
Aviation
Chicago

We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Route 66
Aboard the Underground Railroad
Veterans Affairs
Indiana
American Presidents
Aviation
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Indianapolis

Aboard the Underground Railroad
Veterans Affairs
Iowa
The Amana Colonies
American Presidents
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Hardin County
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Aboard the Underground Railroad
Kansas
Aviation

We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Route 66
Aboard the Underground Railroad
Veterans Affairs
Kentucky
American Presidents
Aviation
We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Lewis and Clark Expedition

Lexington

Shaker Historic Trail
Louisiana
Cane River National Heritage Area
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Southeastern Louisiana

Maine

Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Shaker Historic Trail

Aboard the Underground Railroad
Veterans Affairs
Maryland
Aviation
Baltimore
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
All Aboard for Cumberland

Aboard the Underground Railroad
Massachusetts
American Presidents
Aviation
We Shall Overcome (Civil Rights)
Cultural Diversity
Maritime History of Massachusetts

Shaker Historic Trail
Aboard the Underground Railroad
Places Where Women Made History
Michigan
Detroit
Cultural Diversity
Aboard the Underground Railroad
Minnesota
Aviation
Cultural Diversity
Pipestone

Mississippi
Aviation

We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Indian Mounds of Mississippi
Missouri
American Presidents
We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Route 66


Montana
Aviation
Bureau of Reclamation Historic Dams and Water Projects
Cultural Diversity
Lewis and Clark Expedition

Nebraska
Aviation

We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Scotts Bluff, Nebraska

Nevada
Carson City, Reno, Virginia City
We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Cultural Diversity
New Hampshire
American Presidents
Shaker Historic Trail
New Jersey
American Presidents
Aviation

Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Aboard the Underground Railroad
New Mexico
American Southwest

Aviation

Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Route 66
New York
American Presidents
Aviation
We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Kingston: 300 Years of NY History

Shaker Historic Trail
Aboard the Underground Railroad
Veterans Affairs
Places Where Women Made History
North Carolina
Asheville
Aviation
We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)

Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Raleigh

Shelby
North Dakota
American Presidents
Cultural Diversity
Lewis and Clark Expedition

Ohio
American Presidents
Aviation
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Ohio and Erie Canal Nt'l Heritage Corridor
Shaker Historic Trail
Aboard the Underground Railroad
Veterans Affairs
Oklahoma
Aviation

We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Route 66
Oregon
Ashland
Aviation
Bureau of Reclamation Historic Dams and Water Projects
Cultural Diversity
Lewis and Clark Expedition

Pennsylvania
American Presidents
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Delaware & Lehigh Nt'l Heritage Corridor
Lewis and Clark Expedition

Aboard the Underground Railroad
Rhode Island
Aviation

Cultural Diversity
South Carolina
Aviation
Historic Charleston's Religious and Community Buildings

We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
South Dakota
American Presidents
Aviation
Bureau of Reclamation Historic Dams and Water Projects
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Pierre and Fort Pierre
Veterans Affairs
Tennessee
American Presidents
We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Veterans Affairs
Texas
American Presidents
Aviation

We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Route 66
South and West Texas
Utah
Aviation

Cultural Diversity
Vermont
American Presidents
Aboard the Underground Railroad

Central Vermont
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Virginia
American Presidents
Aviation
We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
James River Plantations

Journey Through Hallowed Ground
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Richmond
Veterans Affairs
Virginia Main Street Communities
Washington

Aviation
Bureau of Reclamation Historic Dams and Water Projects
Cultural Diversity
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Seattle
Washington, DC
American Presidents
We Shall Overcome: (Civil Rights)
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Cultural Diversity
Aboard the Underground Railroad
Washington, DC
West Virginia
Cultural Diversity
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Aboard the Underground Railroad
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Wisconsin
Aviation
Aboard the Underground Railroad
Civil War Era National Cemeteries
Veterans Affairs

Wyoming
Bureau of Reclamation Historic Dams and Water Projects
Cultural Diversity


U.S. Insular Areas
(including Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, N. Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Minor Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands)
Aviation
Cultural Diversity
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

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