Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site commemorates the site at which English settlers landed in 1670. From there, they established a settlement which would eventually birth the plantation system, the Carolina Colony, and a major maritime commerce center. The site includes a 12-room museum; a 17th-century replica maritime vessel, the trading ketch Adventure; a natural habitat zoo; reconstructed fortifications; and 80 acres of gardens. The zoo houses animal species which lived in South Carolina circa 1670.

The site offers interactive exhibits; musket, cannon, and open hearth cooking demonstrations; hands-on activities; guided and self-guided educational programs which correspond to state educational standards; audio tours; gardens; interpretive trails; and picnic areas. Strollers and wheelchairs are available for use on site.

The Museum lies on the original 8.65-acre homestead owned by Chief Ouray and his wife, Chipeta. Migrating from the mountains in the summer to river valleys in the winter, the Utes used the abundant plants and animals of the Uncompahgre River valley for food, clothing, and shelter. Built in 1956 and expanded in 1998, the museum offers one of the most complete collections of the Ute people. The grounds include the Chief Ouray Memorial Park, Chipeta's Crypt, and a native plants garden. Recently renovated and expanded, the museum now includes the Montrose Visitor Information Center, gallery space, classrooms, and a museum store. The museum complex includes shady picnic areas, walking paths, and a memorial to the Spanish conquistadors who traveled through the area in 1776.

The museum offers exhibits, tours, and educational programs.

The New England Fire and History Museum presents the history of firefighting on both regional and national levels. Collections include the world's last remaining 1929 Mercedes Benz firetruck, antique firefighting equipment, and a diorama of the Great Chicago Fire. The complex also boasts a blacksmith shop, herb and contemplation gardens, and a restored apothecary.

The museum offers exhibits, gardens, and blacksmithing demonstrations.

Visitors can explore Trinidad’s past and its place in the American West at the Trinidad History Museum. The museum features several attractions on one block in Trinidad's acclaimed historic district. The Baca House and Kitchen Garden is a unique adobe home which evokes the lifestyle of community leaders Dolores and Felipe Baca and their children. Heirloom herbs and vegetables thrive in the garden. The Bloom Mansion and Historic Gardens preserve the Victorian home of banker and cattle baron Frank Bloom. The Santa Fe Trail Museum is a historic adobe building housing family heirlooms, commercial goods, and photographs that tell the stories of the people and events of Trinidad's past.

The museum's sites offer exhibits, tours, and educational programs.

Filoli, a country estate built in 1915, operates today as a historic house museum. Visitors can also explore the gardens surrounding the house.

Filoli offers exhibits; recreational and educational events and programs including tours, classes, and nature hikes; and tours for school groups. The website offers visitor information, an events calendar, information on upcoming educational events, and virtual tours of the house and gardens.

Blithewold is one of the finest garden estates in New England. Visitors' explorations of Blithewold will include a dozen different gardens, specimen trees, and a 45-room English-style manor house, all chronicling a rich social history of the lives of one family over a span of more than 100 years.

The site offers tours, exhibits, educational programs, workshops, and recreational and educational events.

The Joseph Manigault House sits in downtown Charleston near the City Visitor Center. The house was designed by gentlemen architect Gabriel Manigault for his brother, Joseph. Joseph owned plantations, sat in the state legislature, and was a trustee of the College of Charleston. Gabriel, who owned plantations and commercial investments, is credited with designing Charleston’s City Hall and the South Carolina Society Hall. The house is an exceptional example of Adam-style, or Federal, architecture. The house has been restored and is furnished with American, English, and French pieces of furniture from the early 19th century. In addition, outside the house is a beautiful period garden.

The site offers general information about the Joseph Manigault House, but is part of the Museum of Charleston web site, which features an event calendar, general visitor information, general information on all current and past exhibits, a museum store, and resources for educators including programs for elementary, middle, and high school students.

Nemours is the 300-acre country estate of the late industrialist and philanthropist Alfred I. duPont. The mansion was built from 1909 to 1910 and is a fine example of a French chateau in the style of Louis XVI. The 47,000-sq.-ft. mansion looms over the surrounding formal gardens and is furnished with fine antiques, famous works of art, beautiful tapestries, and other treasures. The grounds surrounding the mansion extend for one third of a mile along the main vista from the house, and are among the finest examples of French-style gardens in the United States.

The mansion offers tours.

Built in 1899, Oakland's Dunsmuir Historic Estate features a 37-room Neoclassical Revival mansion set upon 50 acres of landscaped grounds. The estate also includes a carriage house and a pavilion overlooking a pond and a gazebo, and plays host to a variety of educational, cultural, entertainment events throughout the year.

The house offers tours and educational and recreational events, including occasional living history events.