American Landmarks

Helpful Websites

Landmarks by State  (Search by state, use information shown and each site has an "Official Website" link toward the bottom.)

How Stuff Works: National Historic Sites

Wikipedia - List of US Landmarks by State

Wikipedia is not generally accepted in education as a citable source; HOWEVER, it's a good place to start and then move on to the links at the bottom of the page - one of which usually is labeled "Official Site" for the landmark.

Here are websites to some of the landmarks that our library does NOT have many print resources:

Hollywood Sign

Fort De Chartres, Illinois

Hotel del Coronado 

Hearst San Simeon Estate/Castle, California

Mystic Seaport, Connecticut

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Independence Hall

The Breakers Hotel, Florida

Triple Creek Ranch, Montana

The Balsams Hotel, New Hampshire 

Grand Central Station, New York City  

Rockefeller Center, New York City

The Greenbrier Resort, West Virginia

The Space Needle, Seattle, Washington

Mount Washington Hotel, New Hampshire

or this one:  Historic Hotels: Mt. Washington

Fort #4, New Hampshire

Iolani Palace, Hawaii

Lowell Observatory, Arizona

Presidio of San Diego

Spanish Governor's Palace

Need to Google? 

 A good way to search is in the Google SEARCH box (not address box) type your landmark name and "official site."