Freedman’s Village in Arlington, Virginia The U.S. government built Freedman’s Village in June 1863 on land taken from ...

Wikimedia Commons/Bms4880 Pinson Mounds Complex Native Americans built the largest group of Middle Woodland period mounds in ...

Wikimedia Commons/Msact Seaside Sanatorium Connecticut built America’s first sunlight-based tuberculosis treatment center for ...

Wikimedia Commons/Fred Bauder The 1895 Yellowstone Bannock Settlement Destruction (Wyoming) On July 13, 1895, a posse of 27 ...

Shutterstock Action Park Eugene Mulvihill opened Action Park on July 4, 1978, in Vernon Township, New Jersey to make money ...

Shutterstock Wall Street’s Dutch Origins The Dutch built a wall in 1653 where Wall Street now runs. They called it “Het ...

Wikimedia Commons/Leigh49137 Africatown The Clotilda brought 110 men, women, and children from West Africa to Mobile Bay, ...

Shutterstock The Havasupai of Northern Arizona The Havasupai have lived in and around the Grand Canyon for at least 800 years ...

Shutterstock Yosemite Valley The Mariposa Battalion was a group of 200 men formed in February 1851. California created this militia to remove Native Americans from the Sierra Nevada foothills. James ...

Boone’s Blue Ridge Mountain charm is a dream come true for outdoor lovers. This small town in western North Carolina is ...

Shutterstock The Doomed Donner Party, Winter of 1846 The Donner Party left for California in spring 1846 with 87 people ...

Wikimedia Commons Crow People Removal from Yellowstone National Park The Crow Nation lived on lands in Montana and Wyoming ...