Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail [HI]

Description

The Trail is a 175-mile trail corridor full of cultural and historical significance. It traverses through hundreds of ancient Hawaiian settlement sites and through over 200 ahupua'a, or traditional sea to mountain land divisions. Cultural resources along the trail include several important heiau (temples), royal centers, kahua (house site foundations), loko 'ia (fishponds) ko'a (fishing shrines), ki'i pohaku (petroglyphs), holua (stone slide), and wahi pana (sacred places).

Website does not specify any interpretative services offered by the site.

Preservation Maryland

Description

Preservation Maryland is the state's oldest historic preservation organization. Founded in 1931 as the Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities, Preservation Maryland is dedicated to preserving Maryland's historic buildings, neighborhoods, landscapes, and archaeological sites through outreach, funding, and advocacy.

Appears to be a preservation organization, not affiliated with specific historical sites.

National Preservation Institute

Description

The National Preservation Institute (NPI) is a nonprofit organization offering specialized information, continuing education, and professional training to those involved in the management, preservation, and stewardship of our cultural heritage. It offers seminars in historic preservation and cultural resource management and serves a broad spectrum of professionals from both the government and private sectors by providing preservation information, knowledge, and skills to train and guide the stewards of the United States' historic and cultural places.

Preservation organization, not an individual historic site.

Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation

Description

Through student/teacher workshops, tours, exhibits, and a variety of educational programs, Landmarks encourages people to notice and appreciate historic buildings, parks, public spaces, bridges, streets, and other assets that make up the city and its neighborhoods and compose the character of the Pittsburgh region. Landmarks works to preserve and restore the area's historical assets and to assist others in doing the same.

The foundation offers courses, tours, and other educational and recreational programs.

Seems to be more a preservation/umbrella organization than individual historical sites.

California Garden and Landscape History Society Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 01/08/2008 - 13:26
Description

The California Garden and Landscape History Society (CGLHS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating the beauty and diversity of California's gardens and cultural landscapes.

The society offers conference, lectures, and tours.