The Register

Historic Landmarks

The definitive guides to America’s most significant historic places.

Image of the Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty

New York

Independence Hall, the former Pennsylvania State House, in Philadelphia.

Independence Hall

Pennsylvania

The mansion at Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate on the Potomac.

Mount Vernon

Virginia

View of Gettysburg from the west, 1863.

Gettysburg Battlefield

Pennsylvania

The Ellis Island immigration station in New York Harbor.

Ellis Island

New York

The Alamo mission church in San Antonio, Texas, photographed in 1920.

The Alamo

Texas

The recreation yard at Alcatraz Island federal penitentiary.

Alcatraz Island

California

Aerial view of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota.

Mount Rushmore

South Dakota

Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home near Charlottesville, Virginia.

Monticello

Virginia

The USS Arizona burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

Pearl Harbor (USS Arizona Memorial)

Hawaii

The Governor's Palace at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.

Colonial Williamsburg

Virginia

The south side of the White House, Washington, D.C.

The White House

District of Columbia

The Liberty Bell photographed in 1904.

Liberty Bell

Pennsylvania

The Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Lincoln Memorial

District of Columbia

Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, photographed in 1861.

Fort Sumter

South Carolina

The twin-towered Casa Grande, the main house of Hearst Castle.

Hearst Castle

California

The front facade of Biltmore House, the largest private home in America.

Biltmore Estate

North Carolina

The Washington Monument at dusk on the National Mall.

Washington Monument

District of Columbia

The west front of the United States Capitol.

United States Capitol

District of Columbia

The Golden Gate Bridge seen from Marshall's Beach in the Presidio.

Golden Gate Bridge

California

Overview of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument under a cloudy sky.

Little Bighorn Battlefield

Montana

The exterior of Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Ford's Theatre

District of Columbia

The exterior of Faneuil Hall in Boston.

Faneuil Hall

Massachusetts

Old North Church seen from Hull Street in Boston's North End.

Old North Church

Massachusetts

The Paul Revere House on North Square in Boston.

Paul Revere House

Massachusetts

USS Constitution firing a cannon salute in Boston Harbor.

USS Constitution

Massachusetts

Aerial view of the star-shaped Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine.

Castillo de San Marcos

Florida

Jackson Square and St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter.

French Quarter

Louisiana

The Gateway Arch rising over the St. Louis riverfront.

Gateway Arch

Missouri

Cliff Palace, the largest cliff dwelling in North America, at Mesa Verde.

Mesa Verde

Colorado

The multi-story adobe houses of Taos Pueblo.

Taos Pueblo

New Mexico

The Brooklyn Bridge with the Manhattan skyline behind it.

Brooklyn Bridge

New York

The Empire State Building rising over Midtown Manhattan.

Empire State Building

New York

The star-shaped Fort McHenry guarding Baltimore Harbor.

Fort McHenry

Maryland

The statue of Captain John Smith overlooking the James River at Historic Jamestowne.

Historic Jamestowne

Virginia

Hoover Dam in Black Canyon, seen from the memorial bridge.

Hoover Dam

Nevada

The front facade of Graceland, Elvis Presley's Memphis mansion.

Graceland

Tennessee

Fallingwater, cantilevered over the waterfall at Bear Run.

Fallingwater

Pennsylvania

The granite monument atop Big Kill Devil Hill at the Wright Brothers National Memorial.

Wright Brothers National Memorial

North Carolina

The reconstructed McLean House at Appomattox Court House.

Appomattox Court House

Virginia

Burnside Bridge over Antietam Creek at the battlefield.

Antietam Battlefield

Maryland

The ocean-facing facade of The Breakers mansion in Newport.

The Breakers

Rhode Island

The vast Main Concourse of Grand Central Terminal.

Grand Central Terminal

New York

The historic fountain in Forsyth Park, Savannah.

Savannah Historic District

Georgia

The pastel houses of Rainbow Row in Charleston.

Charleston Historic District

South Carolina

Mission San Jose, the 'Queen of the Missions,' in San Antonio.

San Antonio Missions

Texas

Monks Mound, the largest earthwork in the Americas, at Cahokia.

Cahokia Mounds

Illinois

The ruins of Pueblo Bonito at Chaco Canyon.

Chaco Culture

New Mexico

The columned front of Andrew Jackson's Hermitage mansion.

The Hermitage

Tennessee

The exterior of the Lincoln Home in Springfield, Illinois.

Lincoln Home

Illinois

The front of Springwood, FDR's Colonial Revival mansion at Hyde Park.

Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt

New York

The Queen Anne exterior of Theodore Roosevelt's Sagamore Hill.

Sagamore Hill

New York

James Madison's Montpelier mansion at sunset in Orange, Virginia.

Montpelier

Virginia

Reconstructed log huts of the Commander-in-Chief's Guard at Valley Forge.

Valley Forge

Pennsylvania

The Yorktown Victory Monument commemorating the 1781 siege.

Yorktown Battlefield

Virginia

A view over the historic Lower Town of Harpers Ferry at the rivers' confluence.

Harpers Ferry

West Virginia

The domed Illinois Memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park.

Vicksburg National Military Park

Mississippi

The Edmund Pettus Bridge spanning the Alabama River at Selma.

Edmund Pettus Bridge

Alabama

The Collegiate Gothic facade of Little Rock Central High School.

Little Rock Central High School

Arkansas

The brick facade of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park

Georgia

The exterior of the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village.

Stonewall Inn

New York

Reconstructed barracks at the Manzanar National Historic Site.

Manzanar

California

The restored Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, site of the 1848 convention.

Women's Rights National Historical Park

New York

The famous 1869 photograph of the golden spike ceremony at Promontory Summit.

Promontory Summit

Utah

The O.K. Corral site on Allen Street in Tombstone, Arizona.

Tombstone Historic District

Arizona

Restored buildings at Fort Laramie National Historic Site on the plains of Wyoming.

Fort Laramie

Wyoming

The bell wall and grounds of Mission San Juan Capistrano in California.

Mission San Juan Capistrano

California

The long adobe portal of the Palace of the Governors on the Santa Fe Plaza.

Palace of the Governors

New Mexico

The white Baroque facade of Mission San Xavier del Bac near Tucson.

Mission San Xavier del Bac

Arizona

The brick Boott Cotton Mills complex along the canal in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Lowell National Historical Park

Massachusetts

The Gothic Revival facade of Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.

Eastern State Penitentiary

Pennsylvania

A view of Fort Ticonderoga's star-shaped ramparts from Mount Defiance.

Fort Ticonderoga

New York

A dawn view of the Hudson River from Trophy Point at West Point.

United States Military Academy

New York

Midshipmen in noon formation outside Bancroft Hall at the Naval Academy.

United States Naval Academy

Maryland

The Georgian brick facade of Boston's Old State House.

Old State House

Massachusetts

The Greek Revival facade of Federal Hall with the statue of George Washington.

Federal Hall

New York

The classical portico built to shelter Plymouth Rock on the Massachusetts waterfront.

Plymouth Rock

Massachusetts

Derby Wharf and the harbor at Salem Maritime National Historic Site.

Salem Maritime

Massachusetts

The black-and-white spiral tower of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

North Carolina

Robie House

Illinois

An exterior view of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's Wisconsin home built into the hillside.

Taliesin

Wisconsin

The desert-masonry exterior of Taliesin West near Scottsdale, Arizona.

Taliesin West

Arizona

The grassy knoll and picket fence at Dealey Plaza in Dallas.

Dealey Plaza

Texas

Historic row houses in the Pullman National Monument district in Chicago.

Pullman National Historical Park

Illinois

An 1899 photograph of the exterior of Carnegie Hall in New York.

Carnegie Hall

New York

The marquee of the Apollo Theater on 125th Street in Harlem.

Apollo Theater

New York

The pagoda-style facade of the TCL Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.

TCL Chinese Theatre

California

A preserved cannon on the battlefield at Shiloh National Military Park.

Shiloh National Military Park

Tennessee

The memorial and mass grave marker at the Wounded Knee massacre site.

Wounded Knee

South Dakota

The Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket lifting off from Launch Complex 39 on July 16, 1969.

Launch Complex 39 (Kennedy Space Center)

Florida

The forested entrance landscape of Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky.

Mammoth Cave

Kentucky

Faneuil Hall, one of the sixteen historic stops along Boston's Freedom Trail.

Freedom Trail

Massachusetts

The front portico of Arlington House, overlooking Washington, D.C.

Arlington House

Virginia

The red sandstone Smithsonian Institution Building, known as the Castle, on the National Mall.

Smithsonian Institution Building

District of Columbia

The Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, photographed around 1902.

Library of Congress

District of Columbia

The domed Jefferson Memorial reflected in the Tidal Basin.

Jefferson Memorial

District of Columbia

The Washington Monument reflected in the polished black granite wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

District of Columbia

The 30-foot granite Stone of Hope statue of Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

District of Columbia

A Civil War-era sketch of the Shenandoah Valley viewed from Maryland Heights.

Shenandoah Valley Battlefields

Virginia

The Crazy Horse Memorial mountain carving in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Crazy Horse Memorial

South Dakota

Devils Tower rising above the surrounding Wyoming landscape.

Devils Tower

Wyoming

A San Francisco cable car climbing one of the city's steep hills.

Cable Car System

California

An 1822 illustration of the Presidio of San Francisco under Spanish/Mexican rule.

Presidio of San Francisco

California

The Hollywood Bowl's concentric-arch band shell and amphitheater seating.

Hollywood Bowl

California

The California Tower and gardens at Balboa Park in San Diego.

Balboa Park

California

The Hotel del Coronado photographed around 1900.

Hotel del Coronado

California

The center village at Old Sturbridge Village, a living history museum in Massachusetts.

Old Sturbridge Village

Massachusetts

Old Faithful geyser erupting in Yellowstone National Park.

Old Faithful

Wyoming

The Chinese Theater formation within the Big Room of Carlsbad Cavern.

Carlsbad Caverns

New Mexico

The El Tovar Hotel on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon Village

Arizona

The Betatakin cliff dwelling tucked into a sandstone alcove at Navajo National Monument.

Navajo National Monument

Arizona

The Saturn V rocket on display at Space Center Houston.

Space Center Houston

Texas

The exterior of Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

Sun Studio

Tennessee

The Greek Revival mansion at Oak Alley Plantation framed by its oak canopy.

Oak Alley Plantation

Louisiana

Longwood, the unfinished octagonal mansion in Natchez, Mississippi.

Natchez Historic District

Mississippi

A bison grazing in Custer State Park, South Dakota.

Custer State Park

South Dakota

The exterior of Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and Studio in Oak Park, Illinois.

Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio

Illinois

The Gateway Arch rising above downtown St. Louis.

Gateway to the West Historic District

Missouri

The Truman family home at 219 North Delaware Street in Independence, Missouri.

Harry S. Truman Home

Missouri

Fort Mackinac viewed from the water on Mackinac Island.

Mackinac Island Historic District

Michigan

The Eagle Tavern, one of more than 80 historic buildings relocated to Greenfield Village.

Greenfield Village

Michigan

The glass pyramid of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the shore of Lake Erie.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Ohio

The exterior of Thomas Edison's West Orange laboratory complex.

Thomas Edison National Historical Park

New Jersey

The Thomas Clarke House on Princeton Battlefield, where General Hugh Mercer died.

Princeton Battlefield

New Jersey

Sandy Hook Lighthouse, the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in the United States.

Sandy Hook Lighthouse

New Jersey

The American Falls at Niagara Falls State Park.

Niagara Reservation

New York

The United Nations Headquarters complex on Manhattan's East River.

United Nations Headquarters

New York

Bethesda Terrace and the lake in Central Park, with the Manhattan skyline behind.

Central Park

New York

The facade of Mission San Antonio de Padua in Monterey County, California.

Mission San Antonio de Padua

California

The reconstructed palisade of Fort Necessity National Battlefield.

Fort Necessity

Pennsylvania

Looking up at towering old-growth redwoods in Muir Woods National Monument.

Muir Woods National Monument

California