The Pabst Mansion, a Flemish Renaissance Revival mansion completed in 1892, was home to Captain Frederick Pabst (1836-1904), best known as a beer baron. In addition to leading a successful brewing business, Pabst was also a sea captain and real estate developer. The interior shows a level of restraint unusual in homes of the era which belonged to the wealthy.

The mansion offers exhibits, period rooms, guided tours, self-guided tours, and outreach slide presentations and lectures. Tours can be arranged for special interests including art, architecture, and the German language; and still others are available specifically designed for students.

The Wallace House Foundation presents information on the Wallace family of Iowa and its far-ranging influences. The Wallaces included the co-founder of the American Farm Bureau Foundation, two Secretaries of Agriculture (1921-1924 and 1933-1940), and a Secretary of Commerce. The foundation operates a museum, located in an 1882 Italianate Victorian residence once owned by the Wallaces.

The museum offers exhibits and group tours. Reservations are required for group tours.

Completed in 1825, Fort Snelling was originally built to prevent non-U.S. citizens from making use of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers. After 1851, the fort served as a supply depot, training center for Union troops, and the headquarters of the Army Department of Dakota.

The fort offers a hands-on educational program; living history tours; day camps based on the pioneer stories of Laura Ingalls Wilder; blacksmithing, bread baking, tea, and hearth baking classes; outreach presentations given by costumed interpreters; lectures; and a picnic area. The website offers a virtual tour.

The Greater Loveland Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of the Greater Loveland area, Ohio. To this end, the society operates a museum, library, and a more than 200-year-old log cabin. The museum is located within an 1862 modified Italianate residence; the library contains archives and publications relevant to the society's mission; and the log cabin suggests period life.

The museum offers exhibits and period rooms. The library offers archival access.

The Aurora Regional Fire Museum, housed within a fire station, presents the history of firefighting in Aurora, Illinois and surrounding counties. The museum also disperses information on fire prevention and safety. Collections include over 100 objects on display and the official archives of the Aurora Fire Department.

The museum offers exhibits; educational programs on the museum collections, architecture, museums, and the Great Chicago Fire of 1871; and guided tours.

The Civilian Conservation Corps Museum recognizes and preserves the work of the men who participated in conservation and reforestation projects as part of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs.

The museum offers exhibits.

Historic Prophetstown is located in the Wabash River Valley and is dedicated to giving its visitors a glimpse into life in the valley during the 19th and early 20th centuries. In addition, Historic Prophetstown has a reconstructed Woodland Indian Settlement.

Historic Prophetstown offers field trip programs, workshops, guided tours, interpretive events, and occasional special events such as storytelling and fairs. The website offers a teacher's guide to field trips at Historic Prophetstown, visitor information, and information regarding upcoming events and workshops.

The Historical Society of Marshall County owns and operates four buildings that help to preserve the history of Marshall County. First, the society maintains a local history museum that is open year round. The Glick-Sower House and Country School are open to visitors by appointment and are both carefully preserved 19th century structures. The Matthew Edel Blacksmith Shop is open during the summer and gives visitors a glimpse into the life of a blacksmith.

The society offers visitors guided tours of all of the above structures. Exhibits are available to visitors in the museum. The website offers visitor information and a brief history of each building.

The Historic Fort Stueben is a reproduction fort built upon the site of the original. Dating to 1786, the original fort was built by the First American Regiment for the purpose of protecting surveyors from local Native American groups. Their safety thus bolstered, the surveyors were able to map the Northwest Territory (1789-1803), as requested by the Continental Congress. The site includes the First Federal Land Office (an original structure), officers' quarters, enlisted quarters, a quartermaster's office, artificer shop, hospital, and commissary. Topics covered include early Ohio history and the voyage of Lewis and Clarke (1803-1806).

The fort offers tours and demonstrations of surveying, blacksmithing, and flintknapping.

The Alden B. Dow Home & Studio and the Alden B. Dow Archives consist of the residence and working area of Alden B. Dow (1904-1983), famed architect. Born into the Dow Chemical founding family, Alden B. Dow created his own unique architectural aesthetic after apprenticing with Frank Lloyd Wright. In his home, the use of planes and angles, rich colors, glass, wood, and his unit block system all assist in synthesizing the interior and outdoor experiences. The structure was initiated in 1934. The archives contain project files, correspondence, 22,000 project drawings, films, lectures, oral histories, sketches, architectural texts, and inspirational objects.

The site offers guided tours, educational tours, custom educational guided tours, fourth grade and high school educational programs, and public access archives.