Missing travel and learning about history? The Pursuit of History, a nonprofit that aims to engage more people with history, is hosting “America’s Summer Roadtrip 2020,” an Aug. 1 livestream on AmericasSummerRoadtrip.org that will travel across the country with 12, hour-long livestreams from 12 historic sites starting at 9 a.m. ET. Many of the sites are still operating with limited or no public access and services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Scroll through the gallery to see photos from and learn about the sites, starting with Chaco Culture National Historical Park • New Mexico • Ruins of the largest and most advanced ancient Pueblo villages in the Southwest.
DAWN DAVIS, NATIONAL PARKS SYSTEM
American Heritage Museum • Hudson, Massachusetts • Military history museum with extensive collection of vehicles from World War II, as well as exhibits about World War I and other wars.
ROLAND H. BROOKS, AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM
Thomas Edison National Historical Park • West Orange, New Jersey • Industrial facility built by Edison in 1887 to research and develop his inventions.
THOMAS EDISON NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Faneuil Hall • Boston • The site of historic meetings, speeches and debates for 275 years.
FANEUIL HALL
Heart Mountain Interpretive Center • Powell, Wyoming • WWII Japanese American confinement camp.
HEART MOUNTAIN INTERPRETIVE CENTER
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park • Near Sacramento, California • Site of discovery that sparked California’s 1849 “Gold Rush.”
MAMARSHALL GOLD DISCOVERY STATE HISTORIC PARK
Minute Man National Historical Park • Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts • Site of the first battle in the Revolutionary War.
MINUTE MAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Molly Brown House Museum • Denver • Famed Titanic survivor’s ornate Victorian-era mansion.
MOLLY BROWN HOUSE MUSEUM DENVER
Historic New Bridge Landing • River Edge, New Jersey • Revolutionary War battle site and George Washington’s headquarters.
HISTORIC NEW BRIDGE LANDING
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center • Cincinnati• Abolitionist-era museum and education center dedicated to ongoing struggle for freedom and equality.
NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER
The Rebecca Nurse Homestead • Danvers, Massachusetts • Home of Rebecca Nurse, who was convicted and executed in the Salem Witch Trials.
HENRY W. RUTKOWSKI
Wright Brothers National Memorial • Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina• Site of the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine.
