158 parks for Arts and Culture

  • National Historical Park

    Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

    Ohio

    Nearly 2000 years ago, Native Americans built dozens of monumental mounds and earthen enclosures in southern Ohio. These earthwork complexes were ceremonial landscap…

  • National Historic Site

    Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

    Pennsylvania

    Hopewell Furnace showcases an early American landscape of industrial operations from 1771-1883, Hopewell and other iron plantations laid the foundation for the trans…

  • National Military Park

    Horseshoe Bend National Military Park

    Alabama

    On March 27, 1814, Major General Andrew Jackson ‘s army of 3,300 men attacked Chief Menawa’s 1,000 Red Stick Creek warriors fortified in a horseshoe shaped bend of t…

  • National Historic Site

    Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site

    Arizona

    Wóshdę́ę́, please come in where the squeaky wooden floors greet your entry into the oldest operating Trading Post on the Navajo Nation. As your eyes adjust to the di…

  • National Park

    Indiana Dunes National Park

    Indiana

    Lake Michigan's might has influenced Indiana Dunes for millennia. Wind and waves have shaped the land, leaving a rich mosaic of habitats along these 15 miles of Indi…

  • National Park Service site

    Iñupiat Heritage Center

    Alaska

    On the rooftop of the world, the Iñupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska, tells the story of the Iñupiat people. They have thrived for thousands of years in one of…

  • National Park

    Isle Royale National Park

    Michigan

    Explore a rugged, isolated island far from our connected communities. Isle Royale offers adventures for backpackers, hikers, boaters, paddlers, and divers. Cross Lak…

  • National Historical Park and Preserve

    Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

    Louisiana

    In Jean Lafitte's day, silver and gold filled a pirate's treasure chest, but today's treasures are people, places, and memories. Discover New Orleans’ rich cultural…

  • National Historical Park

    Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park

    Hawaii

    Along the western coastline of the Island of Hawaiʻi lies the hot, rugged lava of Kaloko-Honokōhau. This seemingly barren and harsh landscape does not appear to be s…

  • National Park Service site

    Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens

    District of Columbia

    Deep within Kenilworth lies an oasis, hidden behind trees and cattails. It's a place where beavers build their homes and turtles sleep on logs. Lotus blooms rise fro…

  • National Historical Park

    Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

    Alaska

    Headlines screamed "Gold!" The dream of a better life catapulted thousands of people to Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Their journey shaped them, and changed the pe…

  • National Historic Site

    Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

    North Dakota

    Earthlodge people hunted bison and other game, but were in essence farmers living in villages along the Missouri and its tributaries. The site was a major Native Ame…

  • National Memorial

    Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

    Indiana

    Abraham Lincoln grew from youth to manhood on this southern Indiana soil. Many character and moral traits of one of the world's most respected leaders was formed and…

  • National Historic Site

    Lincoln Home National Historic Site

    Illinois

    Abraham Lincoln believed in the ideal that everyone in America should have the opportunity to improve their economic and social condition. Lincoln’s life was the emb…

  • National Historic Site

    Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

    Arkansas

    In 1957, Little Rock Central High School was the epicenter of confrontation and a catalyst for change as the fundamental test for the United States to enforce Africa…

  • National Historic Site

    Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

    Massachusetts

    Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site preserves a remarkable Georgian house whose occupants shaped our nation. It was a site of colonial…

  • National Historical Park

    Lowell National Historical Park

    Massachusetts

    Lowell’s water-powered textile mills catapulted the nation – including immigrant families and early female factory workers – into an uncertain new industrial era. Ne…

  • National Historic Site

    Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site

    New York

    The Tenement Museum tells the stories of working-class tenement residents, who moved to New York City from other countries and other parts of the country. Their work…

  • National Park Service site

    Maine Acadian Culture

    Maine

    Maine Acadians share beliefs and experiences tying them to a common religion, languages, and history. The St. John River, land, and family are essential to their cul…

  • National Historical Park

    Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park

    Vermont

    Walk through one of Vermont's most beautiful landscapes under the shade of the Mount Tom Forest, the oldest continuously managed scientific forest in the United Stat…

  • National Historical Park

    Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park

    Georgia

    Welcome to Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park & Preservation District where a young boy grows up in a time of segregation. He was moved by destiny to l…

  • National Historic Site

    Martin Van Buren National Historic Site

    New York

    Born in Kinderhook, New York, in 1782, Martin Van Buren was the first president born a US citizen. His life spanned the American Revolution to the Civil War and was…

  • National Monument

    Montezuma Castle National Monument

    Arizona

    Established December 8, 1906, Montezuma Castle is the third National Monument dedicated to preserving Native American culture. This 20 room high-rise apartment, nest…

  • National Battlefield

    Moores Creek National Battlefield

    North Carolina

    In the early morning hours of February 27, 1776, Loyalist forces charged across a partially dismantled Moores Creek Bridge. Beyond the bridge, nearly 1,000 North Car…