| To plan your own self-guided heritage vacation, amble through these Theme Tour Summaries - and follow the links to more background and travel information. Hint: Clicking on a Blue Map Icon will take you to an interactive map and guide. |
Solve our Yankees Baseball
Riddle on our Games Page |
Vintage Baseball is sweeping the country; teams are at play from Connecticut to Colorado and the sport is growing so fast it's hard to find a single authoritative list of all the teams. For more information on Vintage Base Ball, see our Special Feature. On season or off, you can 'round the bases' of history at these great museums. |
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EARTHWORKS
Heard of the Great Serpent Mound but not sure where, or what, it is? The first inhabitants of North America built hundreds of effigy and burial mounds throughout the Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee river valleys, and along the eastern seaboard. See our Millennial Mysteries page to learn about the Hopewell, Mississippian, and Oneota people. Click the map icon to take our interactive guided tour and plan your own earthworks exploration. |
 Great Serpent Mound Locust Grove, Ohio |
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| YANKEE ARCHITECTURE Yankee architecture is not confined to old New England. Geographers trace the Yankee migration by mapping early New England house forms remaining on the land. Check your travel itinerary with the Yankee footprint on our migration map. Then click the icon and see where you can experience New England architecture at its best. |
 Tallmadge Church, Tallmadge Ohio Ohio Historical Society |
Only in New England, and in New England's mighty extension into the Mohawk Valley and the upper Midwest, can one find evidence of large-scale innovation in folk housing. If the architectural record has anything to tell, the tradition of the inventive Yankee is no myth...Between 1820 and 1870, that area sprouted more architectural ideas per capita than any other area in the country...
Peirce Lewis |
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Two centuries ago, travelers were struck by regional differences in how farming was done, and who was doing it. (See our Tours to New Connecticut for the reactions of two New England teenagers travelling through Pennsylvania on the old Forbes Road in 1810.) Here is a list of links to living history farms where you can experience earlier food and farming ways. |
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NEW LONDON CONNECTIONS
There are now 12 New Londons on the U.S. map. New London, CT is not the mother
of them all - but many were named by emigrant Yankee Pioneers. All are ready
to welcome heritage travelers. Just click the map icon to use our interactive
guide to New Londons (then and now).
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FIRELANDS TOWNS
Connecticut
Ohio
Did you know that Connecticut once "owned" what is now Northeastern Ohio? Read
about Connecticut's Western Reserve including The
Firelands on Lake Erie, a grant Connecticut awarded to her citizens whose
farms or houses were burned by the British during the American Revolution. Then
click on one of the icons above to tour the CT or OH Firelands Towns. Thanks
to historical circumstance, all are located on coastal waters that make them
among the most delightful vacation spots in America today.
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WALKING TOURS
There's no better way to experience the heritage of a city or town than by walking
its streets and studying its historic buildings. Wherever you're going, first
check our ever-growing list of online tours.
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