This is a sketch of cannons on the upper deck of a fort.

Heritage Sites

The places highlighted here — formerly called the Civil War Discovery Trail â€” are not just any places. They are the celebrated sites and structures that bring the earliest chapters of the American story to life, such as battlefields, historic homes, stations on the Underground Railroad, cemeteries, and parks. Together, they constitute the essential stops on a trail to discovering not only America’s military history, but the political, social and human dimensions of the founding and forging of the United States.

Exterior of the Buckman Tavern
Rev War  |  Historic Site

Buckman Tavern

The Militia's Tavern This tavern was built in the early 1700s by Benjamin Muzzey. As the first public house in the village of Lexington, it became a...
Fort Meigs
Civil War  |  Fort

Historic Fort Snelling

West St. Paul, Minnesota | Fort Snelling was headquarters and a supply base for the military Department of Dakota, which extended from the Mississippi...