🏛️ Americas Historic Sites

565 historic sites · 10 countries

A profile for each of the 565 notable historic sites in Americas — location, country, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia. These 565 historic sites span 10 countries.

Acadian Landing Site

United States

Adam-ondi-Ahman

United States

Afro-American Sons and Daughters Hospital

United States

Agat Invasion Beach

United States

Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila

Mexico

Albert Mines Site

Canada

Alberto Maranhão Theatre

Brazil

Alecrim Cemetery

Brazil

Alexander Smith House (Madison, Wisconsin)

United States

Allendale Plantation

United States

Amazon Theatre

Brazil

Amazonas Public Library

Brazil

America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro)

Brazil

American Football House

United States

Antônio Lemos Palace

Brazil

Aptucxet Trading Post Museum

United States

Arkansas Post

United States

Arrow Rock Ferry Landing

United States

Asan Invasion Beach

United States

Astialakwa

United States

Audubon School

United States

Audubon State Historic Site

United States

August Westphal Farmstead

United States

Augusto Montenegro Mansion

Brazil

Barão de Mauá Station

Brazil

Basilica of Our Lady of Nazareth of Exile

Brazil

Basilica of Our Lady of the Snows, Iguape

Brazil

Basilica of the Eternal Father, Trindade

Brazil

Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Salvador

Brazil

Battle of Hanging Rock Historic Site

United States

Battleship Memorial Park

United States

Bauru station (NOB)

Brazil

Belém Museum of Art

Brazil

Bellfield Plantation

Thirteen Colonies

Belmont Courthouse State Historic Park

United States

Benjamin Constant Bridge

Brazil

Bennett Place

United States

Bibi Costa Mansion

Brazil

Birthplace of Cesar Zama

Brazil

Bishop Ward Normal and Collegiate Institute

United States

Blackfoot Crossing

Canada

Bladensburg Dueling Grounds

United States

Bloody Point Massacre, Modoc County

United States

Boathouse Row

United States

Bob Baker Marionette Theater

United States

Bohemian Flats

United States

Bolonha Mansion

Brazil

Boston Wyoming Smelter Site

United States

Boulevard Castilhos França

Brazil

British Cemetery of Bahia

Brazil

Broatch Building

United States

C.H. Cook Memorial Church

United States

Caieiras (CPTM)

Brazil

California Beet Sugar Company

United States

Campo Santo Cemetery

Brazil

Candeias Oil Well (C-1)

Brazil

Canisteo Living Sign

United States

Canon Ranch Railroad Eclipse Windmill

United States

Caramuru Building

Brazil

Cartier-Brébeuf National Historic Site

Canada

Casa Cavé

Brazil

Casa da Junta

Brazil

Casa das Minas

Brazil

Casa de Azulejo

Brazil

Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana

Brazil

Casa de López

United States

Casa de Machado y Silvas

United States

Casa de Pedrorena de Altamirano

United States

Casa de Stewart

United States

Casa Nobre de Jequitaia

Brazil

Casa Pia and College of the Orphans of Saint Joachim

Brazil

Catedral de São Luís

Brazil

Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Assumption, Mariana

Brazil

Cathedral Basilica of Salvador

Brazil

Cathedral Basilica of the Good Lord Jesus, Cuiabá

Brazil

Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins

United States

Celadon Slope Garden

United States

Cemitério dos Ingleses, Gamboa

Brazil

Centinela Springs

United States

Cetti Bay

United States

Chacabuco

Chile

Chalé da Praça XV

Brazil

Chapel of Laranjeiras

Brazil

Chapel of Loreto

Brazil

Chapel of Our Lady of Help

Brazil

Chapel of Our Lady of Help (Cachoeira)

Brazil

Chapel of Our Lady of the Conception of Engenho Poxim

Brazil

Chapel of Our Lady of the Ladder

Brazil

Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows (Ilha de Maré)

Brazil

Chapel of the Holy Body

Brazil

Cherokee Plantation (Fort Payne, Alabama)

United States

Children's Country Home

United States

Children's Dispensary

United States

Christ Church and Manlius Village Cemeteries

United States

Church and Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Brazil

Church and Convent of Our Lady of the Conception of Lapa

Brazil

Church and Convent of Our Lady of the Exile

Brazil

Church and Convent of Our Lady of the Palm

Brazil

Church and Convent of Saint Antony and Chapel of the Third Order

Brazil

Church and Convent of Saint Francis (São Paulo)

Brazil

Church and Convent of Santa Cruz

Brazil

Church and Convent of São Francisco, Salvador

Brazil

Church and Hospice of Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem

Brazil

Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Grace

Brazil

Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Monserrate

Brazil

Church da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco (Salvador)

Brazil

Church do Santíssimo Sacramento e Sant'Ana

Brazil

Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos, Salvador

Brazil

Church of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim, Salvador

Brazil

Church of Our Lady of Health and Glory

Brazil

Church of Our Lady of Mercy (João Pessoa)

Brazil

Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Belém)

Brazil

Church of Our Lady of Nazareth of Engenho Itaperoá

Brazil

Church of Our Lady of Remedies (Feira de Santana)

Brazil

Church of Our Lady of Santana (Rio de Contas)

Brazil

Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and Saint Benedict (Cuiabá)

Brazil

Church of Our Lady of Victory

Brazil

Church of Pantaleão

Brazil

Church of Saint Anne (Belém)

Brazil

Church of Saint Antony of Barra

Brazil

Church of Saint Gonçalo (Cuiabá)

Brazil

Church of Saint John the Baptist (Belém)

Brazil

Church of Saint Lawrence (Itaparica)

Brazil

Church of Saint Michael (Salvador)

Brazil

Church of Saint Peter of the Clergymen

Brazil

Church of Saint Sebastian (Manaus)

Brazil

Church of Santo Antônio da Mouraria

Brazil

Church of the Blessed Sacrament at Rua do Passo

Brazil

Church of the Old Seminary in Belém da Cachoeira

Brazil

Church of the Third Order of Mount Carmel

Brazil

Church of the Third Order of Penitence of Saint Dominic of Osma

Brazil

Church of the Third Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Our Lady of the Conception of the Mulatto Brothers

Brazil

Cine Olympia

Brazil

Clarence House, English Harbour

Antigua and Barbuda

Clock Tower Building (Santa Monica, California)

United States

Clube do Comércio

Brazil

Cobble Court

United States

Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery

United States

Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site

United States

Confeitaria Rocco

Brazil

Connley Caves

United States

Conservatório Dramático e Musical de São Paulo

Brazil

Constitution Square Historic Site

United States

Convent and Church of Saint Anthony (Cairu)

Brazil

Convent and Church of Saint Antony

Brazil

Convent of Bom Jesus dos Perdões and Chapel of Mercy

Brazil

Convent of Mercy (Mobile, Alabama)

United States

Convent of the Mercedarians

Brazil

Cook Landing Site (Waimea)

United States

Cotulla Ranch

United States

Courthouse Wash Pictographs

United States

Cradle of Forestry in America

United States

Criffield-Whiteley House

United States

Crow Flies High State Recreation Area

United States

Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site

United States

Cultural Complex of the Republic

Brazil

Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park

United States

Daniel Webster Birthplace State Historic Site

United States

David Brown House

United States

DeLeon Plaza and Bandstand

United States

Dom Frei Caetano Brandão Square

Brazil

Dom Pedro II Home

Brazil

Double School House Number 6

United States

Douglas Union School

United States

Dudley Digges House (Yorktown, Virginia)

United States

Dunbar High School (Bessemer, Alabama)

United States

Dunker Church

United States

Duvall's Range

United States

El Castillo de Monterey

United States

El Parián (Puebla)

Mexico

El Parterre

United States

Elderfields Preserve

United States

Elevador Lacerda

Brazil

Encino Oak Tree

United States

Engenho Vitória

Brazil

Estação das Docas

Brazil

Estádio da Curuzu

Brazil

Estádio Moça Bonita

Brazil

Eureka School (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)

United States

Everard Sharrock Jr. Farm

United States

Fairmont Creamery (Moorhead, Minnesota)

United States

Farol Santander Porto Alegre

Brazil

Fasbender Clinic

United States

Feliz Lusitânia

Brazil

Fepasa complex

Brazil

Fighter's Heaven

United States

Fire Station No. 1 (Los Angeles, California)

United States

Fire Station No. 14 (Los Angeles)

United States

First Air Mail Marker

United States

First Flag Unfurling Site, Lewis and Clark Trail

United States

First Seat of Tehama County

United States

Fonte Grande of Morro de São Paulo

Brazil

Fonte River Dam

United States

Forest Cemetery Entrance

United States

Forks of the Wabash

United States

Former Jesuit House of Prayer

Brazil

Former State Treasury Building of Mato Grosso

Brazil

Fort Belle Fontaine

United States

Fort Benson

United States

Fort Bonneville

United States

Fort Crailo

United States

Fort D. A. Russell (Wyoming)

United States

Fort Davidson

United States

Fort Davis National Historic Site

United States

Fort Dilts

United States

Fort Douglas

United States

Fort Foster (Florida)

United States

Fort Griffin

United States

Fort Hall

United States

Fort Lancaster

United States

Fort Langley National Historic Site

Canada

Fort Leaton State Historic Site

United States

Fort McHenry

United States

Fort Mitchell Historic Site

United States

Fort Negley

United States

Fort of Monserrate

Brazil

Fort Phantom Hill

United States

Fort Pleasant

United States

Fort San Bernardino

United States

Fort Santa Cruz do Paraguaçu

Brazil

Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção

Brazil

Forte de Santa Maria

Brazil

Forte de São Lourenço

Brazil

Forte do Presépio

Brazil

Fountain of Mundéu

Brazil

Frenchglen Hotel State Heritage Site

United States

Frogmore Plantation

United States

Frogmore Plantation Complex

United States

Garcia d'Ávila Tower House

Brazil

Garden of Hospital São João de Deus

Brazil

Gene Stratton Porter Cabin (Geneva, Indiana)

United States

Gene Stratton-Porter Cabin (Rome City, Indiana)

United States

General Osório Square

Brazil

Geographic and Historic Institute of Amazonas

Brazil

George Louk Farm

United States

George Washington Carver Homestead Site

United States

Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company

United States

Godchaux–Reserve Plantation

United States

Godoy House

Brazil

Grajaú, Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

Granger Stage Station State Historic Site

United States

Gravatá Fountain

Brazil

Grotto of Pedra Furada

Brazil

Gude House

United States

Gustavo Capanema Palace

Brazil

Halifax Public Gardens

Canada

Hancock Golf Course

United States

Hardman Farm State Historic Site

United States

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Factory Building

United States

Harmony Borax Works

United States

Harmony Mill No. 3

United States

Harry and Fulton Gordon Property

United States

Hebron Church, Cemetery, and Academy

United States

Heritage Park Plaza

United States

Herndon Monument

United States

Historic and Geographic Institute of Alagoas

Brazil

Historic Center of Natal

Brazil

Historic Center of Salvador

Brazil

Historic Center of São Paulo

Brazil

Historic Centre of São Luís

Brazil

Historic Properties

Canada

Historic RittenhouseTown

United States

Historical buildings and structures of Grand Teton National Park

United States

HMCS Haida

Canada

Hole in the Rock (rock formation)

United States

Hollyhock House

United States

Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People of California

United States

Horton House

United States

Hot Springs (Big Bend National Park)

United States

Hotel Regis

United States

House at No. 17 Rua Benjamin Constant

Brazil

House at Praça Dr. Aristides Milton 23-A

Brazil

House at Praça Rodrigues Lima, no. 105

Brazil

House at Praça Rodrigues Lima, no. 76

Brazil

House of Senador Canedo

Brazil

House of the Seven Deaths

Brazil

House of the Seven Lamps

Brazil

House of Ulhôa Cintra

Brazil

Howard County Center of African American Culture

United States

Howard County Hunt Club

United States

Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse

United States

Igbo Landing

United States

Ilé Axé Asìpá

Brazil

Ilê Axé Iyá Omin Iyamassê

Brazil

Ilê Axé Opô Afonjá

Brazil

Ile Maroia Laji

Brazil

Ilha Fiscal

Brazil

Ilik River Fortification II

United States

Imperial Agricultural School of Bahia

Brazil

Independence Rock (Wyoming)

United States

Instituto Benjamin Constant

Brazil

Ipanema Park

Brazil

Isaac Shelby Cemetery State Historic Site

United States

Ivy Hill (Marriottsville, Maryland)

United States

Japanese Coastal Defense Gun

United States

Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite

United States

Jeffers Mound

United States

Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site

United States

Jenney Stockade Site

United States

João Goulart's House

Brazil

João Lisboa Square

Brazil

João Spadari Adami Municipal Historical Archive

Brazil

John Brown Farm State Historic Site

United States

John T. Warfield House

United States

Johnson Mill

United States

Júlio de Castilhos Museum

Brazil

Julius' Castle

United States

Jupiter Inlet Historic and Archeological Site

United States

KCET Studios

United States

Keauhou Bay

United States

Kin Ya'a

United States

Kohala Historical Sites State Monument

United States

L'Enfant Plan

United States

Las Vegas Springs

United States

Latimore Tourist Home

United States

Latin America Memorial

Brazil

Lauro Sodré Palace

Brazil

Lincoln Memorial Shrine

United States

Lincoln Park History Museum

United States

Lincoln's New Salem

United States

Linton Public Library

United States

Lions Municipal Golf Course

United States

Lislehurst

Canada

Live Oak plantation, Louisiana

United States

Livezey House

United States

Log Cabin (Bellevue, Nebraska)

United States

Long Cane Massacre Site

United States

Long Run Baptist Church and Cemetery

United States

Lord Stirling Manor Site

United States

Louisiana Purchase State Park

United States

Mahaffie House

United States

Main Library (Columbus, Ohio)

United States

Maitland Art Center

United States

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park

United States

Malcolm X House Site

United States

Mangueirão

Brazil

Mansfield State Historic Site

United States

Maracanã Village

Brazil

Marechal Hermes

Brazil

Marine Mill

United States

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park

United States

Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site

United States

Martello Tower (Barbuda)

Antigua and Barbuda

Martin Murphy House

United States

Mason Street School Museum

United States

Mata de Santa Genebra

Brazil

Matthews and Willard Factory

United States

Mayfield–Gutsch Estate

United States

McCullough Park (Houston)

United States

Meacham Elementary School

United States

Mercado Adolpho Lisboa

Brazil

Michael Cresap House

United States

Michigan Condensed Milk Factory

United States

Mineirão

Brazil

Mineirinho

Brazil

Minidoka National Historic Site

United States

Modelo Market

Brazil

Montgomery Block

United States

Montibello

United States

Monument to the Dead of World War II

Brazil

Monumento Rodoviário da Rodovia Presidente Dutra

Brazil

Mormon Lumber Road

United States

Moses Merrill Mission

United States

Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery

United States

Mountain Play Association

United States

Municipal Market of Feira de Santana

Brazil

Municipal Market of São Félix

Brazil

Municipal Public Archive of Feira de Santana

Brazil

Narcisse Prudhomme Plantation

United States

New Bridge Landing

United States

New Durham Meetinghouse and Pound

United States

New Echota

United States

New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site

United States

Newell B. McClaskey House

United States

Nicholson File Company Mill Complex

United States

Niemeyer Building

Brazil

Northern Pacific Railroad Completion Site, 1883

United States

Norton–Polk–Mathis House

United States

Nova Granja Comary

Brazil

O'Fallons Bluff

United States

Obelisco de la Vicentina

Ecuador

Olaria Atlético Clube

Brazil

Old Fort Bliss

United States

Old Iron Bridge (Bastrop, Texas)

United States

Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site

United States

Old State Capitol State Historic Site

United States

Old Stone Church and Cemetery

United States

Old Store at La Honda

United States

Old Women's Buffalo Jump

Canada

Orange Park Normal & Industrial School

United States

Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site

United States

Orleans Hotel

United States

Orote Field

United States

Otávio Rocha Viaduct

Brazil

Our Lady of Exile and St. Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral, Florianópolis

Brazil

Our Lady of Good Voyage Church, Belo Horizonte

Brazil

Our Lady of Solitude Cemetery

Brazil

Outdoor Art Club

United States

Page–Ladson site

United States

Palace of Justice of São Paulo

Brazil

Palace of Justice, Manaus

Brazil

Palace of Saldanha

Brazil

Palace of the Commercial Association of Bahia

Brazil

Palace of the Eleven Windows

Brazil

Palace of the Public Ministry

Brazil

Palácio da Luz

Brazil

Palácio Quitandinha

Brazil

Palácio Rio Negro, Manaus

Brazil

Palaeobotanical Garden in Mata

Brazil

Palm Court (Alexandria Hotel)

United States

Palmito Ranch Battlefield

United States

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park

United States

Parish Church of Nossa Senhora do Socorro

Brazil

Parish Church of Our Lady of Help (Jaguaripe)

Brazil

Parish Church of Our Lady of Pilar

Brazil

Parish Church of Our Lady of Purification

Brazil

Parish Church of Our Lady of the Rosary

Brazil

Parish Church of Saint Antony of Jacobina

Brazil

Parish Church of Saint Bartholomew

Brazil

Parish Church of Santiago do Iguape

Brazil

Parish Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Brazil

Park of the Greater Colombia

Colombia

Pedro Ernesto Palace

Brazil

Peirano Market

United States

Pharmácia Popular

Brazil

Pilar Defilló House

United States

Pinery Station

United States

Pinho Mansion

Brazil

Piratini Palace

Brazil

Piti Guns

United States

Pitzer Woods

United States

Placerville Schoolhouse

United States

Plaza de España (Hagåtña)

United States

Port of Manaus

Brazil

Porter Farm

United States

Porto Alegre Public Market

Brazil

Praça Dr. Aristides Mílton Fountain

Brazil

Praça Raul Soares

Brazil

Praça Rui Barbosa

Brazil

President James K. Polk Historic Site

United States

Priesthood Restoration Site

United States

Prospect Bluff Historic Sites

United States

Pulpit Rocks

United States

Quatro de Setembro Theater

Brazil

Queenston Heights

Canada

Queimado Fountain

Brazil

Quilombo de Morro Redondo

Brazil

Ramsey Mill and Old Mill Park

United States

Rattlesnake Springs

United States

Red Bluff, Arkansas

United States

Reed School (Wisconsin)

United States

Register Rock

United States

Reservoir of Mocó

Brazil

Rincon School

United States

Rio Grande da Serra (CPTM)

Brazil

Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Art

Brazil

Rippavilla Plantation

United States

Rose Walk (Berkeley, California)

United States

Rush Creek Ranch

United States

Sacrifice Rock

United States

Saffold Dam

United States

Saint Paul's Episcopal Church (Benicia, California)

United States

Sala Cecília Meireles

Brazil

San Antonio National Cemetery

United States

San Diego Viejo Plaza

United States

San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site

United States

San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park

United States

San Pedro Springs Park

United States

San Vitores Martyrdom Site

United States

Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Salvador

Brazil

Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Feira de Santana

Brazil

Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Santo Amaro

Brazil

Santa Catalina de Guale

United States

Santa Fe And Salt Lake Trail Monument

United States

São Bento Monastery

Brazil

São Brás Market

Brazil

São João de Deus Hospital

Brazil

São Marcelo Fort

Brazil

São Paulo da Gamboa Battery

Brazil

São Pedro Theatre

Brazil

Sault Ste. Marie Museum

Canada

Savage Mill

United States

Savona Mill

United States

Sebastian Indian Reservation

United States

Second Battle of Newtonia Site

United States

Serpon Sugar Mill

Belize

SESC Arsenal

Brazil

Siqueira Campos Square

Brazil

Slater Mill

United States

Sobrado at No. 2 Rua Ana Nery

Brazil

Sobrado Azulejado

Brazil

Solar Bandeira

Brazil

Solar Barão de Guajará

Brazil

Solar da Beira

Brazil

Solar Monjardim Museum

Brazil

Somerset Place

United States

South Branch House

Canada

South Branch Park

United States

South Yuba Canal Office

United States

Spanish Dikes

United States

Spindletop

United States

Spirit Lake Public Library

United States

St. Ann Cathedral, Feira de Santana

Brazil

St. Luke's Parish Zion Chapel of Ease Cemetery

United States

St. Sebastian Cathedral, Ribeirão Preto

Brazil

Stoddard-Waite Monument

United States

Stony Point Battlefield

United States

Sulphur Springs Cemetery (Sulphur Springs, Arkansas)

United States

Sunnyside Conservatory

United States

Sunnyside Plantation

United States

T. C. Steele State Historic Site

United States

Taleyfac Spanish Bridge

United States

Teatro Arthur Azevedo

Brazil

Teatro Carlos Gomes

Brazil

Teatro Guaíra

Brazil

Teatro O Tablado

Brazil

Teatro Prezewodowski

Brazil

Teel–Crawford–Gaston Plantation

United States

Tejupeba House and the Chapel of the Colégio Sugar Plantation

Brazil

Teotihuacan

Mexico

Terreiro do Bate Folha

Brazil

Terreiro Zogbodo Male Bogun Seja Unde

Brazil

Texas State Cemetery

United States

The Angle

United States

The Salt Box

United States

The White Chapel

Canada

Theatro da Paz

Brazil

Timm's Point and Landing

United States

Tira Chapéu Palace

Brazil

Tongva Sacred Springs

United States

Tonquin, Oregon

United States

Town Hall (Santo Amaro)

Brazil

Town Hall and Prison of Jaguaripe

Brazil

Town Hall of Cachoeira

Brazil

Town Hall of Porto Alegre

Brazil

Town Hall of São Félix

Brazil

Tragedy Spring

United States

Travellers Rest (Nashville, Tennessee)

United States

Tubac Presidio State Historic Park

United States

Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site

United States

Union Square (Salt Lake City)

United States

Union Station arch

United States

Urca

Brazil

Uruno Beach

United States

Usina do Gasômetro

Brazil

Utinga State Park

Brazil

Ver-o-peso

Brazil

Ver-o-Peso Dock

Brazil

Verdão

Brazil

W. E. B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite

United States

Wabash and Erie Canal

United States

Walnut Grove Plantation

United States

Washington's Crossing

United States

Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site

United States

Waupaca Railroad Depot

United States

Waupun Carnegie Library (Waupun Heritage Museum)

United States

Weber Point Home

United States

Weisheimer House

United States

Wellsburg Wharf

United States

Whaleback Snow-Survey Cabin

United States

Wharton Esherick Museum

United States

Wheatley-Provident Hospital

United States

White Feather Spring

United States

Whitewater Shaker Settlement

United States

Woodlawn Garden of Memories Cemetery

United States

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