The Dry Tortugas National Park consists of seven islands and the surrounding shoals and waters. First discovered in 1531 by Ponce de Leon, the Dry Tortugas are named after the then common sea turtles, or tortugas and the islands' lack of fresh water. The site includes Fort Jefferson. With its construction beginning in 1846, the invention of the rifled cannon rendered the fort ineffective; and construction ceased. The islands are notoriously difficult to navigate, and have been the site of centuries of shipwrecks.

The site offers guided tours, an orientation program, self-guided tours of Fort Jefferson, Junior Ranger activities, and a variety of outdoor activities. Note that the site is only accessible by boat or plane.

The Cape Lookout National Seashore is primarily a site for water recreation and nature viewing. However, the park does house the 1859 Cape Lookout Lighthouse, around which the staff organizes a number of interpretive programs.

The site offers a 26-minute film, a 16-minute version of the same film, talks, guided tours, and traveling trunks.

The Alibates Flint Quarries are located in Fritch, Texas, in the upper panhandle, and are the site of extensive mining operations by the local Indian tribes. The flint mined at Alibates is multicolored and uniquely suited for the formation of primitive tools. Today, a visitor center stands by the quarries, which are open to visitors year round.

The quarries offer exhibits and presentations in the visitor center, daily tours, field trip programs, and a traveling trunks service. The website offers historical information regarding Alibates, visitor information, and photo galleries of the park.

The Johnstown Flood National Memorial commemorates the events and loss of life of the 1889 Johnstown Flood. On May 31, the failure of the South Fork Dam released the entire contents of Lake Conemaugh. Despite efforts to build up the dam, warn area inhabitants, and create alternate routes for overflow to follow, the failure caused the destruction of a nearby Johnstown. 2,209 men, women, and children were killed. The site includes the South Fork Dam ruins and the Clubhouse of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, the president of which, Colonel Elias Unger (1830-1896), led efforts to prevent the disaster.

The memorial offers a 35-minute introductory film, exhibits, guided van tours, and trails to the South Fork Dam ruins. A tactile model with sound components is available for vision impaired visitors. A wheelchair is available for use on site. The website offers witness statements, Teaching with Historic Places materials, and suggested reading for adults and students.

Keweenaw National Historical Park presents the history of mining Keweenaw copper reserves between 7,000 years ago and the 1900s. Long used by the Native American populations such as the Ojibwa to create tools and beads, the copper mines were targeted by immigrants in the mineral rushes of the 1800s.

The park offers an information desk, outdoor activities, 90-minute guided Junior Ranger programs, 90-minute guided Calumet walking tours, 90-minute guided walking tours of the Quincy Copper Mining Company surface ruins, self-guided tours, monthly history presentations, and archival access. Appointments are required for archival access, and the historic building housing the archives is not wheelchair accessible. The website offers a mining timeline and a 45-minute PowerPoint park overview, available to educators upon request.

The park includes 19 sub-sites managed by partner organizations. Most activities are offered by these organizations, rather than by the National Park Service. The sub-sites are the Adventure Mining Company, A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Calumet Theatre, Chassell Heritage Center, Copper Range Historical Museum, Coppertown Mining Museum, Delaware Copper Mine, Finnish American Heritage Center and Historical Archive, Fort Wilkins Historic State Park, Hanka Homestead Museum, Houghton County Historical Museum, Keweenaw County Historical Society, Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne's, Laurium Manor Mansion Tours, Old Victoria, Ontonagon County Historical Society, Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Quincy Mine and Hoist, and Upper Peninsula Fire Fighters Memorial Museum.

The Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site is located on Tuskegee University. Sights include the George W. Carver (circa 1864-1943) Museum and The Oaks, Booker T. Washington's (1856-1915) home. Other figures honored include Dr. Frederick W. Patterson (1901-1988), founder of the United Negro College Fund, and Dr. Robert Moton, who stressed the need for health care for African American veterans. Carver is known for his support of the peanut as an alternative to the southern cotton crop, which had been ravaged by the boll weevil. Washington founded the Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers, later the Tuskegee Institute, to provide education to African American students. Due to the strength of the aeronautical engineering program at the institute, the site was selected by the military to train African American pilots for World War II.

The site offers exhibits, interpretive programs, 30-minute introductory films on George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington, guided tours of The Oaks, period rooms, tours of the historic Tuskegee University, and 2-hour curriculum-based programs. Reservations are required for curriculum-based programs. The Oaks is not fully wheelchair accessible. Films can be played with captions.

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park presents living history interpretations of past area events and daily life. Harpers Ferry events include the 1859 John Brown's Raid, constant Civil War action, the Niagara Movement's second conference, military industrialization, and the convergence of two railroads and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal circa 1835.

The park offers exhibits, trails, guided tours, self-guided tours, self-guided educational hikes and scavenger hunts, guided educational programs which meet state educational standards, educator workshops, Junior Ranger activities, and picnic areas. The website offers historic photographs, curricula, and a lesson plan.

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site presents the rise of the threat of nuclear war. The site includes the living quarters, security control center, and Launch Conrol Cener of Delta-01; and an actual Minute Man II training missle at Launch Facility Delta-09. Topics covered include the Cold War (1940s-1990s), national security, and nuclear missiles. Collections include more than 4500 artifacts.

The site offers a 10-minute introductory film; exhibits; guided tours ranging from 15 minutes to 90 minutes of Delta-01 and 09, Delta-01, or Delta-09; a self-guided self phone tour of Delta-09; outreach PowerPoint presentations; Junior Ranger activities; and distance learning programs. Reservations must be made two weeks in advance for class visits. The website offers historic photographs and lesson plans.

The Castillo de San Marcos National Monument contains the original Castillo de San Marcos, a fortification built by the Spanish to defend their position in America. It is the only remaining 17th-century fort in North America. The star-shaped "bastion system" of the architecture was an adaptation to cannon warfare. The monument presents the story of several groups involved in the fort's history, including the Timucuan, the Seminole, the Apache, Spaniards, African Americans, Englishmen, Frenchmen, Minorcans, and U.S. citizens. Interpreters in period dress discuss life in the fort.

The monument offers a 25-minute introductory film, exhibits, self-guided fortification tours, interpretive talks, re-enactors, weaponry demonstrations, Junior Ranger programs, and a green suitable for picnics. The upper gun deck is not wheelchair accessible. Tour brochures are available in English, Spanish, German, Japanese, French, Italian, Dutch, and Russian. The website offers historical photographs, vocabulary, a map study, and other educational materials.