The Forney Transportation Museum chronicles the history of motorized transportation, from trains and vintage automobiles to snowmobiles and motorcycles. The museum boasts an impressive collection of vintage vehicles and is open to visitors year round.

The museum offers guided tours, special presentations, and exhibits on the history of transportation. The website offers visitor information and an events calendar.

The Tillman County Historical Museum is located in the Horse Creek School in downtown Frederick. The museum features extensive collections of historical artifacts relating to the history of Tillman County. Museum highlights include vintage firefighting and farming equipment.

The museum offers exhibits and guided tours. The website offers visitor information and a brief history of the museum.

The Lapham-Patterson House Historic Site preserves the Victorian winter home of Chicago shoe merchant C.W. Lapham. Completed in 1885, the residence boasted gas lighting, hot and cold running water, closets, and indoor plumbing.

The house offers 45-minute guided tours and a picnic area. Group rates are available with advance notice. The website offers a listing of state educational standards which correspond to the site.

The North Carolina Railroad Museum is an outdoor museum consisting of exhibits of historic railroad equipment. Many of the artifacts in the collection were made and/or used in North Carolina. Collection highlights include a 1/24-scale model railroad with over 1,000 feet of track; eight stationary historic locomotives, dating from 1941 to 1953; and eight operating historic railway cars.

The museum offers exhibits, locomotive rides, and a barbecue vendor.

The 2,546-acre McConnells Mill State Park preserves an 1868 gristmill and the Slippery Rock Creek Gorge, which was formed as prehistoric glacial lakes drained. The gristmill is operational, and was one of the country's earliest rolling mills. It harnessed waterpower to grind buckwheat, corn, wheat, and oats into flour.

The site offers guided hikes, night programs, school activities, guided mill tours, picnic areas, and charcoal grills. The park requests that visitors remain on the trails, and refrain from swimming. Please avoid bringing firewood into the park, as it can allow for the entry of invasive species.

Visitors to the site can receive an interactive history lesson at the visitor's center, or just walk the Fort and ramparts for a view of the Thames River. The fort contains informative markers and displays, a touchable cannon and artillery crew display, and gun emplacements. The fort interior features 19th-century restored living quarters, a mock laboratory, and a 1950s era office furnished to resemble a research and development lab at the facility. The visitor center contains state-of-the-art multimedia theaters, computer touch-screen interactive exhibits, 3-D models, and extensive graphics and text panels. The center depicts over 225 years of military history and technological advances from the Revolutionary War to the Cold War. Some of the main display themes include the September 6, 1781 attack by the British under the command of Benedict Arnold, the U-boat menace during World War II, and the anti-submarine efforts during the Cold War.

A second website for the site, maintained by the Friends of Fort Trumbull, can be found here.

The site offers short films, exhibits, tours, and occasional recreational and educational events.

The site of Barnegat Lighthouse on the northern tip of Long Beach Island in Ocean County was regarded as one of the most crucial "change of course" points for coastal vessels. Vessels bound to and from New York along the New Jersey coastline depended on Barnegat Lighthouse to avoid the shoals extending from the shoreline. The swift currents, shifting sandbars, and the offshore shoals challenged the skills of even the most experienced sailor. The park is included as a maritime site on the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail.

The site offers exhibits and tours.

The Nacogdoches Fire Museum presents local firefighting history. Collection highlights include the city's first commercial fire engine, photographic records of local fires, and firefighting equipment.

The museum offers tours by appointment.

The San Diego Maritime Museum presents one of the world's strongest collections of historic vessels. Highlights include an 1898 steam ferry, the Berkeley; a 1904 steam yacht, the Medea; a B-39 Soviet attack submarine; and the 1863 Star of India, the world's oldest active ship. Replicas include the HMS Surprise, an 18th-century Royal Navy Frigate used in the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and the Californian, a mid-1800s revenue cutter. Exhibits include the ages of sail and steam, the Navy, navigation and surveying, and the tuna industry.

The museum offers one- or two-hour historic cruises on the 1914 Pilot; overnight and day history role playing educational programs; science programs; an educational sailing program aboard the Californian; guided museum tours; exhibits; tours of the Star of India, HMS Surprise, B-39 Submarine, Berkeley, and the Medea; and world cruises led by historians. The website offers information for children; virtual tours of the Star of India, Berkeley, HMS Surprise, and Californian; and numerous videos. All tours require reservations.

The Edinburg Volunteer Fire Department Museum presents the local history of firefighting.

The museum offers exhibits and self-guided tours.