Best National Historic Sites
The top pick for national historic site visits is Fort Vancouver National Historic Site with a ParksRanked Score of 92, from 83 places ranked by our own ParksRanked Score.
83 places · 83 ranked · ranked honestly, never by who pays.
These are the best places we track for national historic site visits, ranked purely by our own ParksRanked Score. We show every qualifying place; any without enough data yet carries an Insufficient ranking data marker instead of a guessed score.
Top of the list right now: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site with a ParksRanked Score of 92.
- Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
- Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
- Boston African American National Historic Site
- Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
- Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
- Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site
- Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
- Manzanar National Historic Site
- Steamtown National Historic Site
- Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
- Fort Laramie National Historic Site
- Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
- Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
- Whitman Mission National Historic Site
- Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
- Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
- William Howard Taft National Historic Site
- Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
- Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
- Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site
- Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
- Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
- President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
- Thomas Stone National Historic Site
- Fort Bowie National Historic Site
- Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
- Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
- Adams National Historical Park
- Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
- Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
- Cane River Creole National Historical Park
- Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park
- Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
- Christiansted National Historic Site
- Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
- Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
- Fort Davis National Historic Site
- Fort Larned National Historic Site
- Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
- Fort Scott National Historic Site
- Fort Smith National Historic Site
- Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
- Friendship Hill National Historic Site
- George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
- Golden Spike National Historical Park
- Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
- Hampton National Historic Site
- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
- Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
- Independence National Historical Park
- James A. Garfield National Historic Site
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
- Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
- John Muir National Historic Site
- Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
- Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site
- Keweenaw National Historical Park
- Lincoln Home National Historic Site
- Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
- Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park
- Minute Man National Historical Park
- Morristown National Historical Park
- Natchez National Historical Park
- Nicodemus National Historic Site
- Ninety Six National Historic Site
- Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
- Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
- Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
- Pecos National Historical Park
- Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park
- Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
- Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
- Salem Maritime National Historical Park
- San Juan National Historic Site
- Saratoga National Historical Park
- Thomas Edison National Historical Park
- Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
- Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
- Valley Forge National Historical Park
Common questions
How many places are on this list?
83 places, 83 of them ranked.
What is the top pick for national historic site visits?
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site leads with a ParksRanked Score of 92.
How does ParksRanked decide the order?
By our own ParksRanked Score only. Membership reflects our curated selections from the directory; no advertising or partnership ever influences the ranking, and sparse-data places are clearly marked.