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American History Tours – Historic Homes of Lexington, KY

These days Lexington, Kentucky is known for horse racing, museums and more horse racing. However, amidst the beautiful parks, prestigious institutions and general suburban sprawl is a beating heart of rich American history. It’s certainly had the time. The town was established in 1782, a good ten years before the establishment of Kentucky, and it’s named [...]

American History Tours – Wilmington, North Carolina

On the whole, the historic little berg of Wilmington, North Carolina isn’t that different from our last choice for American History Tours: Alexandria, Virginia. You’ve got your colonial beginnings, your port-fueled prosperity, your major role in the American Civil War, your late 1800’s civil unrest and finally your modern adoption as a half-trendy, half-historic tourist [...]

Haunted History Tours – Alexandria, Virginia

We gave you the American history, why not check out the haunted history? Similar to our previously featured Ghost Walk of Old Wilmington, the Alexandria Colonial Tours company has spiced up its assortment of traditional history tours with a groovy ghosts and graveyards adventure for the whole family. Your guide, decked out in full 18th-century colonial [...]

American History Tours – Alexandria, Virginia

Cuddling the gentle Potomac River less than seven miles from our Nation’s Capitol, Alexandria, Virginia is a city rife with American history. In fact, it’s location along the Potomac, a windy creature that snakes its way through Maryland, D.C., West Virginia and Virginia before emptying into the Chesapeake Bay, is much to blame for the city’s early [...]

Haunted History Tours – Wilmington, North Carolina

The boys and girls of Ghost Walk of Old Wilmington, Inc. claim that this riverfront city in North Carolina is among the most haunted in the nation. While they might be a bit biased, there’s no doubt that historic Wilmington, NC is a unique, scenic and all-round groovy place to take a nighttime stroll. Spanish moss dangling [...]

American History Tours – Boston, Massachusetts

If there is a city more deeply rooted in the history of this great nation, I don’t know what it would be. Founded in 1630 by English Puritans on a portion of the Massachusetts coast to-be, not far from the original landing place of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Boston is one of our oldest cities, [...]

American History Tours

Here at USA Travel Guide we say “historic” a lot. Maybe we’re big history buffs, maybe we’re just uncreative, but either way it’s undeniable that history has a profound effect on the modern travel industry both in the United States and abroad. From museums and monuments to full-on historic recreations, there’s something fascinating about experiencing [...]
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