Boston African American National Historic Site

On the trail again...

Boston National Historic Park

Highlights from the Freedom Trail...

The Boston Common

Massachusetts State House

Paul Revere's House

Inside the Old North Church

Harper's Ferry National Historic Site

Because everyone needs fancy goods...

Into the mountain...

View of Harper's Ferry from the Overlook Cliff

View from Jefferson Rock, where Thomas Jefferson stood on October 25, 1783

"The passage of the Patowmac through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in Nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Patowmac in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder and pass off to the sea... This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic."

~Thomas Jefferson

Ford's Theater National Historic Site

Celebrating Abraham Lincoln's Birthday at Ford's Theater with an American classic, Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.

The infamous box. Or booth... pun intended?

Tip: Get the full Ford's experience by catching a show at Ford's Theater, but arrive at least 30 minutes early to check out the museum containing artifacts of Lincoln's presidency, including the clothes he wore the night he was assassinated.

Also on display is the .44 caliber deringer pistol that belonged to John Wilkes Booth.

Washington Monument

Tip: Skip the lines and sleep in! To ensure you are able to enter the monument when you visit, pay a small ticket fee and reserve your tickets in advance at www.recreation.gov.

Looking north... to the White House

Looking east... to the Capitol

Looking south... to the Jefferson Memorial and Virginia

Looking west... to the Lincoln Memorial