Surf these sites: Apsley House, The Wellington Museum -- Home of the Dukes of Wellington since 1817, the museum exhibits fine art paintings, porcelains, silver, and military memorabilia. Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate -- A magnificent brick house is the centerpiece of this National Historic Landmark, reflecting the prominence of Henry Clay, a statesman who was a major political figure in the first half of the 1800s. Astor House Museum -- Restored as a late Victorian hotel built in 1867, Astor House Museum exhibits the way of life of legislators, miners, cowboys, and families in early Golden, Colorado. Bala Museum - Memories of Lucy Maud Montgomery -- In Bala, Muskoka, the Bala Museum features memories of Lucy Maud Montgomery, famous for writing Anne of Green Gables. Betsy Ross House -- Residence of Betsy Ross from 1773 to 1786 preserved as the historic house where she made her first American flag. Bonelli House Museum -- Visit turn of the century Arizona at the restored and preserved Bonelli House Museum in Kingman, Arizona. Cliveden of the National Trust -- Philadelphia historic house museum features original 18th century furnishings and decorative arts, including colonial Philadelphia craftsmanship by James Reynolds, Jonathan Gostelowe and Thomas Affleck. Cossit House -- Built in 1787, this historic house exhibits the early history and culture of Nova Scotia. Croft House Museum -- A Shetland croft of the 19th century, comprised of a house, steading and watermill. Daniel Gebhart Tavern Museum -- Authentically furnished and restored 1811 log tavern museum in Miamisburg, Ohio. David Davis Mansion State Historic Site -- Victorian home of Judge David Davis, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, located in Bloomington, Illinois. The mansion, built in late 1800s has been restored to its original splendor. Dickens House -- Charles Dickens and his family lived at 48 Doughty Street between April 1837 - exactly a year after his marriage to Catherine - and December 1839. Dorothy''s House Museum -- Operated by the East Durham Historical Society, and located in the village of Garden Hill. Dyckman Farmhouse Museum -- House museum of the last farmhouse in New York City exhibits 18th and 19th century period furnishings. Eastgate House -- Home of the Charles Dickens Centre and museum dedicated to the writer. Gadsby''s Tavern Museum -- Today a historic house museum, the tavern is one of the few remaining 18th century taverns in America. Located in Alexandria, Virginia. Gomez Mill House Virtual Museum -- Originally built as a trading post by a Sephardic Jew in 1714, the house museum is the oldest extant Jewish residence in North America. Haliburton House -- Former home of Thomas Haliburton, the museum exhibits Victorian decorative arts, including Haliburton''s desk and some of his furniture. Hildene Museum -- Historic summer home of Robert Todd Lincoln in Manchester, Vermont. Historic Latta Plantation -- Historic farm museum that demonstrates the lifestyles of planters, slaves, and settlers of back country North Carolina. Historic Rosedale Plantation -- Built in 1815, Rosedale Plantation and its gardens have been lovingly restored and are open to the public for tours. Indian King Tavern Museum -- Features a virtual tour of the colonial tavern, a premiere example of eighteenth-century colonial tavern architecture as well as the site where New Jersey was legally created. Joseph Schneider Haus -- Museum and Gallery, located in Kitchener Keats - Shelley House -- Find our about the architects, painters, musicians and poets who all lodged here, including John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, Tobias Smollet, George Eliot, Goethe, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, and Joyce. Kerr Place -- 1799 manor house located in Onancock, Virginia on the Chesapeake Bay''s lower Eastern Shore. Exhibits include period furnishings and decorative arts. Lawrence House -- Built in 1870, the museums is representative of the homes of Nova Scotia''s prosperous small-town shipbuilders, owners and captains in the "Golden Age of Sail". Longyear Museum -- Historic documentation and artifactual material on Mary Baker Eddy''s life and achievements, and those of her early followers. Louis Armstrong House & Archives -- Official site of Satchmo''s House & Archives, located in Queens, New York. Well-designed site with online exhibits, historic photos, programs, much more. Lyndhurst, A National Trust Historic Site -- Gothic Revival mansion and historic Hudson Valley estate overlooking the Hudson River in Tarrytown, NY. Site includes a virtual tour of Lyndhurst and a calendar of events. MacDonald House Museum -- Dedicated to the settlers of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and displays an 1850''s gothic style home, 1930s school, and barn with wagons and implements. Martha Berry Museum -- Museum featuring the life of Martha Berry and her life''s work, Berry College, in Mount Berry, Georgia. McCulloch House -- Home of Thomas McCulloch, first president of Dalhousie College, the museum contains furnishings and personal items of McCulloch. Molly Brown House Museum -- Learn about the life and times of "Unsinkable" Molly Brown in her restored Victorian home in Denver, Colorado North House Museum -- Historic house museum featuring antiques, archaeological artifacts, military exhibits and archives and library in Lewisburg, West Virginia Paarl Museum -- This charming museum houses period furniture and exhibits of the history of Paarl and its people. Peralta Adobe - Fallon House History Museum -- Offers a unique look into San Jose''s historic past, the two historic landmarks and their furnishings illustrate the daily life in the early periods of "El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe." Point Ellice House -- Features a collection of household Victoriana, with a virtual tour through the site and an on-line database of Victorian objects. President Benjamin Harrison Home -- Former home of President Benjamin Harrison and now a museum exhibiting the different stages of Harrison''s life and career: his years as a lawyer, his role in the Civil War, and his years as President. Located in Indianapolis, IN. Raynham Hall Historic House Museum -- A historic home on the shores of Oyster Bay, Long Island, revealing life from the American Revolution to the beginning of the Gold Coast. Reynolda House, Museum of American Art -- Historic house museum filled with masterpieces of American art and surrounded by formal gardens, shops and restaurants. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Surratt House Museum -- Surratt House Museum focuses on the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy and illustrates life in mid 19th century America. Located in Clinton, Maryland. The Decatur House Museum - A National Trust Historic Site -- Built for Naval hero Stephen Decatur in 1817 and designed by architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Visitors may tour the house and gardens, and enjoy furnishings from two decorative eras. The House of Merchants - Folk Museum -- Located in southern Iceland, the House of Merchants, built in 1765, is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Iceland. Exhibits display local history and the role of the house through the centuries. The Karen Blixen Museum. -- Dedicated to the life and memory of one of Denmark''s great writers, Karen Blixen, also know as Isak Dinesen. The McFaddin-Ward House -- Built in 1906 in Beaumont, Texas, The McFaddin-Ward House is one of the few remaining Beaux Arts Colonial-style houses in the United States. The Williams Residence -- An 1889 New Orleans townhouse restored by General L. Kemper and Leila Williams in the 1940s. Vizcaya Museum & Gardens -- Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is an Italian Renaissance-style villa and formal gardens built in 1916 as the winter residence of industrialist James Deering. Wenham Museum -- A museum of family life exhibiting how Americans have lived, dressed, worked and played from the 17th century to today. Located in Wenham, Massachusetts. Wyck: Historic House and Gardens -- Historic home to nine generations of the same Quaker family. Located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Wyck houses over 10,000 pieces of original furnishings. Wylie House Museum -- Built in 1835 and the home of Indiana University''s first president, Andrew Wylie, and his family, the museum recreates the Wylie home of the 1840s.
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