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Click on the states for recommendations of archeological places to visit across the nation and their nearby towns. For more opportunities to experience archeology near you, see Events in Your State and the website Archeological Parks in the U.S. The National Register of Historic Places Travel Itineraries include a number of archeological sites. The Bureau of Land Management is another source to Adventures in the Past. Also visit SeeAmerica for help with planning a trip, including state-by-state searches by keyword and links to tourism bureaus. Be sure to call ahead to confirm the hours of operation.

Alabama
- Moundville Archaeological Park, Tuscaloosa (NHL)
- Russell Cave National Monument, near Mount Carmel (NPS)
House Totem, Alaska

Alaska
- Alutiiq Museum and Archeological Repository, Kodiak Island
- Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Nome (NPS)
- Tongass National Forest, near Juneau
- Sitka National Historical Park, southeastern AK
- Totem Bight State Historical Park, southeast AK
- Wrangell – Petroglyph Beach State Park, Wrangell
Arizona
- Archeological Sites in Arizona
- Arizona State Museum, Tucson
- Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park, Globe
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument, near Chinle (NPS)
- Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, near Coolidge (NPS)
- Deer Valley Rock Art Center, Hedgpeth Hills
- Grand Canyon National Park, on the Colorado Plateau (NPS)
- Homolovi Ruins State Park, Winslow
- Montezuma Castle National Monument, near Flagstaff (NPS)
- Navajo National Monument, near Kayenta (NPS)
- Papago Saguaro Park, Pheonix
- Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, Phoenix (NHL)
- Tonto National Monument, near Globe (NPS)
- Tuzigoot National Monument, near Clarkdale (NPS)
- Walnut Canyon National Monument, Flagstaff (NPS)
- Wupatki National Monument, Flagstaff (NPS)
Arkansas
- Arkansas Post National Memorial, near Gillett (NPS)
- Fort Smith National Monument, Fort Smith (NPS)
- Hampson Museum State Park, northeast AR
- Parkin Archaeological State Park, Parkin (NHL)
- Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park, Little Rock (NHL)
California
- Lava Beds National Monument, Tulelake (NPS)
- Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest (NHL)
- Modoc National Forest, northeastern CA
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley
- San Diego Archaeological Center, San Diego
- San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego
- San Dieguito River Park, Escondido
- Santa Clara University Archaeology Research Lab, Santa Clara
Colorado

The reconstructed Bent's Old Fort NHS
- Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, near La Junta (NPS)
- Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez
- Deluge Shelter, Jones Hole Trail, Dinosaur National Monument, Dinosaur (NPS)
- Mesa Verde National Park, near Durango (NHL, NPS)
- Yucca House National Monument, near Towaoc (NPS)
Connecticut
- Connecticut Archaeological Center, Storrs
- Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven
Delaware
- Delaware Archaeology Museum, Dover
- Delaware State Parks, locations statewide
  <http://www.destateparks.com/Activities/archeo/>
- Zwaanendael Museum, Lewes
District of Columbia
- D.C. Archaeology Tour
- Smithsonian Institution, the National Mall
Florida
- 1733 Spanish Galleon Trail, sites along the Florida Keys
- Colonial Archaeological Trail, Pensacola
- Florida Maritime Heritage Trail, coastal FL
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville
- Fort Mose, north of St. Augustine (NHL)
- Mission San Luis de Apalachee, Tallahassee (NHL)
- St. Augustine, City of St. Augustine (NHL)
- Kingsley Plantation, Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Jacksonville, FL (NPS)
Georgia
- Stafford and Rayfield Plantations, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Cumberland Island (NPS)
- Fort Frederica National Monument, St. Simon's Island (NPS)
- Fort Pulaski National Monument, Cockspur Island (NPS)
- Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site, Brunswick (NPS)
- Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon (NPS)
Hawaii
- The Bishop Museum, Honolulu
- Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Kalaupapa (NHL, NPS)
- Mission Houses Museum, Honolulu
- USS Arizona National Memorial, near Honolulu (NHL, NPS)
Idaho
- Idaho Museum of Natural History, Pocatello
- Nez Perce National Historic Park, Spalding (NPS)
Illinois
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, near Collinsville (NHL)
- Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown
- The Field Museum, Chicago
- Illinois State Museum, Springfield
- Sangamo Archaeological Center, Elkhart
- Angel Mounds State Historic Site, Evansville (NHL)
- Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Bloomington
- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, along Lake Michigan (NPS)
- Mounds State Park, Anderson
- Ransom Place Archaeology, Indianapolis
Iowa
- Effigy Mounds National Monument, on Mississippi River (NPS)
- Putnam Museum, Davenport
- Steamboat Bertrand Cargo Collection , DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri Valley (US Fish and Wildlife Service)
- Toolesboro Indian Mounds, Toolesboro (NHL)
Kansas
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Topeka (NHL, NPS)
- Fort Larned National Historic Site, near Pawnee Rock (NPS)
- Fort Scott National Historic Site, Fort Scott (NPS)
- Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology, Wichita
Kentucky
- Mammoth Cave National Park, near Cedar Spring and Northtown (NPS)
- William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology, Lexington
One of three surviving slave cabins at Oakland Plantation, Cane River Creole NHP.

Louisiana
- Cane River Creole National Park, central LA (NPS)
  - Magnolia Plantation (NHL)
  - Gabe's Cabin
- Marksville State Historic Site, Marksville
- Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site, Natchitoches
- Los Adaes State Historic Site, Robeline (NHL)
- Poverty Point National Monument, Epps (NHL, NPS)
- Poverty Point State Historic Site, between Natchez and Vicksburg
Maine

Samuel Champlain's drawing of St. Croix
- The Abbe Museum, Mt. Desert Island
- Acadia National Park, Hulls Cove
- Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site (Fort William Henry), near Damariscotta
- Davistown Museum, Liberty
- Hudson Museum, University of Maine, Orono
- Maine State Museum, Augusta
- Ste. Croix Island International Historic Site, Ste. Croix (NPS)
Maryland
- Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg (NPS)
- Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum, near Baltimore
- Historic Annapolis, Annapolis
- Historic London Town, Edgewater
- Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore (NPS)
- Historic Saint Mary's City, St. Mary's City (NHL)
- Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum, St. Leonard
- Monocacy National Battlefield, near Frederick and Urbana (NPS)
- Northampton Slave Quarters Archaeological Park, Lake Arbor
Massachusetts

Artifact from the Saugus Iron Works mills
- Big Dig, also see an exhibit at the Commonwealth Museum Boston (NPS)
- Dighton Rock State Park, Berkley
- Fruitlands Museum and Trails, Harvard (NHL)
- Historic Deerfield, Deerfield
- Minute Man National Historical Park, between Lexington and Concord (NPS)
- Peabody Essex Museum, Salem
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, Cambridge
- Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth
- Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge
- Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Salem (NPS)
- Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Saugus (NPS)
Michigan
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Ann Arbor
- Sanilac Petroglyphs, near Cass City
- Chippewa Nature Center, Midland
Minnesota
- Fort Snelling, St. Paul (NHL)
- Grand Portage National Monument, Grand Portage (NPS)
- Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site, near Comfrey and Windom
- Science Museum of Minnesota, Saint Paul
- Voyageurs National Park, near International Falls (NPS)
Mississippi
- Ancient Architects of the Mississippi (NPS)
- Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, Natchez
- Winterville Mounds, Greenville (NHL)
Missouri
- Graham Cave State Park, Montgomery County
- Thousands of Hills State Park, Kirksville
Montana
- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Crow Agency (NPS)
- Montana's Museum, Helena
- Pictograph Cave State Park, Billings (NHL)
- Wahkpa Chu'gn Archaeological Site (Buffalo Jump), Havre
Nebraska
- Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed, Chadron (US Forest Service)
- Scott's Bluff National Monument, Gering (NPS)
- University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln
Nevada
- Lost City Museum of Archaeology, Overton
- Valley of Fire State Park, Overton
New Jersey
- Long Pond Ironworks Historic District, Ringwood
- New Jersey State Museum, Trenton
- Waterloo Village/Lenape Village, Stanhope
New Hampshire

Archeologists working in 1919 at Aztec Ruins NM.
- Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth
New Mexico
- Aztec Ruins National Monument, Farmington (NPS)
- Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos (NPS)
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Nageezi (NPS)
- El Morro National Monument, Ramah (NPS)
- Fort Union National Monument, Fort Union (NPS)
- Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, near Truth or Consequences (NPS)
- Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe
- Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe
- Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe (NHL)
- Pecos National Historical Park, Pecos (NPS)
- Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque (NPS)
- Salinas Pueblos Missions National Monument, Mountainair (NPS)
New York
- African Burial Ground, Manhattan (NHL, NPS)
  
  Memorial at the African Burial Ground, NYC
- American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
- Fort Stanwix National Monument, Rome (NHL, NPS)
- New York State Museum, Albany
- Old Fort Niagara, Buffalo
- Seneca Village, Manhattan
North Carolina
- Fort Raleigh National Historical Site, near Manteo (NPS)
- Somerset Place Plantation State Park, Creswell
- Town Creek Indian Mound, Mt. Gilead (NHL)
North Dakota
- Fort Union Trading Post National Monument, near Watrous (NPS)
- Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Stanton (NPS)
- Pioneer Trails Regional Museum, Bowman
- State Historic Sites Administered by the State Historical Society of North Dakota, sites across ND
Ohio

Mounds at Hopewell Culture NHP
- Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Chillicothe (NPS)
- Inscription Rock, Lake Erie Islands State Park, Kelleys Island
- Leo Petroglyph, Leo
- Serpent Mound, Peebles (NHL)
- SunWatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park, Dayton (NHL)
- Ohio Historical Center, sites across OH
Oklahoma
- Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton
- Museum of the Red River, Idabel
Oregon
- Cathlapotle Plankhouse Project, Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, near Portland
- Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Vancouver (NPS)
- Oregon Museum of Natural History, Eugene
Pennsylvania

Machines expose historic backyards and basements at Independence NHP.
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh
- Fort Necessity National Battlefield, near Pittsburgh (NPS)
- Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, near Philadelphia (NPS)
- Independence National Historic Park, Philadelphia (NPS)
  - James Dexter Site
  - Robert Morris Mansion
- Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life, near Avella (NHL)
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia
- Valley Forge National Historical Park, near Philadelphia (NHL, NHS)
Rhode Island
- Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, Bristol
South Carolina
- Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, near Charleston (NPS)
- Charleston Museum, Charleston
- Friends of the Hunley, Charleston
- Hampton Plantation State Historic Site, McClellanville (NHL)
- Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site, Camden (NHL)
- Ninety-Six National Historic Site, near Ninety-Six (NHL, NPS)
South Dakota
- The Archaeological Research Center, The Journey Museum, Rapid City
- Badlands National Park, southeastern SD (NPS)
Tennessee
- C.H. Nash Archaeological Museum and Reconstructed Indian Village, Memphis
- Frank McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- The Hermitage, Nashville (NHL)
  <http://www.thehermitage.com/>
- Shiloh River National Military Park, Shiloh (NPS)
Pictographs in Panther Cave at Amistad NRA.

Texas
- Archeological Sites to Visit, Texas Historical Commission
- Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, Fritch (NPS)
- Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, Corpus Christi
- El Paso Archaeology Museum at Wilderness Park, El Paso
- Houston Museum of Natural History, Houston
- Lubbock Lake Landmark State Historical Park, Lubbock (NHL)
- San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, San Antonio (NPS)
- Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site, Comstock
The square tower from Hovenweep NM

Utah
- Arches National Park, Moab (NPS)
- Canyonlands National Park, Moab (NPS)
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Hite and Bullfrog (NPS)
  - Burr Trail
  - Orange Cliffs
- Hovenweep National Monument, near Cortez (NPS)
- Natural Bridges National Monument, Lake Powell (NPS)
- Zion National Park, Springdale (NPS)
Vermont
- Chimney Point State Historic Site, near West Addison
- Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Basin Harbor
- Mount Independence State Historic Site, Orwell
Soda bottle from Manassas NB

Virginia
- Alexandria Archaeology Museum, Alexandria
- Slave cabins, Booker T. Washington National Monument, Hardy (NPS)
- Colonial National Historical Park, Jamestown and Williamsburg (NPS)
- Colonial Williamsburg and Carter's Grove, Williamsburg (NHLs)
- Flowerdew Hundred, Hopewell
- George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Washington Birthplace (NPS)
- George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens, Mount Vernon (NHL)
- Gunston Hall Plantation, Mason Neck (NHL)
- Jamestown Island, Jamestown
- Historic Kenmore, Fredericksburg (NHL)
- Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Richmond (NPS)
- Manassas National Battlefield, Manassas (NPS)
  - The Robinson House
- Monticello, near Lynchburg (NHL)
- Shirley Plantation, Charles City (NHL)
- Stratford Hall Archaeology, Stratford (NHL)
- Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest, near Lynchburg (NHL)
Virgin Islands
- Virgin Islands National Park (NPS)
  - Petroglyph Trail
Washington
- The Burke Museum, Seattle
- Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Fort Vancouver (NPS)
- Underground Tour, Seattle
- Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Walla Walla (NPS)
West Virginia
- Grave Creek Mound Historic Site, Moundsville (NHL)
- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry (NPS)
Wisconsin
- Manitowoc County Historical Society, Manitowoc
- Wisconsin Historical Museum, Madison
Wyoming
- Devils Tower National Monument, near Houett
- Legend Rock State Historic Site, Hot Springs
- Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne
- Explore Wyoming's Cultural Heritage

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House Totem, Alaska

The reconstructed Bent's Old Fort NHS

Artifacts from Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve

One of three surviving slave cabins at Oakland Plantation, Cane River Creole NHP.

Samuel Champlain's drawing of St. Croix

Artifact from the Saugus Iron Works mills

Buttons from archeological finds at Voyageurs NP

View of Scott's Bluff NM

Archeologists working in 1919 at Aztec Ruins NM.

Memorial at the African Burial Ground, NYC

Mounds at Hopewell Culture NHP

Machines expose historic backyards and basements at Independence NHP.

Ceramics from Charles Pinckney NHS

Pictographs in Panther Cave at Amistad NRA.

The square tower from Hovenweep NM

Soda bottle from Manassas NB

Beads excavated at Maggie L. Walker NHS

An archeologist excavates at Whitman Mission NHP

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