Fort William Henry is a reconstructed stone fort at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site in New Harbor, Bristol, Maine. It’s open to visitors during the warm-weather season. The tower and low walls you see today were built in 1908. They’re meant to represent the original fort from 1692. That first fort was one of the … Read more
Maine has its own Fort Knox. It sits on the west bank of the Penobscot River in Prospect, right across from Bucksport. Visitors actually get two attractions in one stop: a granite Civil War-era fort, built starting in 1844, and the Penobscot Narrows Observatory, an elevated deck about 420 feet above the river. The fort … Read more
Fort Popham State Historic Site is a Civil War–era granite fort at the mouth of the Kennebec River in Phippsburg, Maine, and it is free to visit. The 4-acre site in Sagadahoc County sits about 15 miles south of Bath and just two miles from Popham Beach State Park. Construction started in 1861. The half-moon … Read more
Fort Halifax State Historic Site in Winslow, Maine, protects the oldest blockhouse in the United States, built in 1754. BOOK YOUR TRIP TO FORT HALIFAX HERE Fort Halifax Visitor Information Fort Halifax State Historic Site sits in Winslow, Maine, right where the Sebasticook River meets the Kennebec River. The park is tiny, just about 0.75 … Read more
Fort Clinch State Park sits on Amelia Island’s north end, where a Civil War-era brick fort meets beaches, trails, and campgrounds. The park covers about 1,400 acres. It’s open daily from 8 a.m. to sunset. Entry is $6 per vehicle for two to eight people. People visit for the fort tours, but they end up … Read more
Fort Mose Historic State Park sits near St. Augustine, Florida, and marks a crucial piece of American history that many people might not know about. This 40-acre waterfront site preserves the location of the first legally sanctioned free African settlement in what would become the United States, established in 1738. The park features a recreated … Read more
Fort Matanzas National Monument sits on a small island near St. Augustine, Florida. A Spanish watchtower has stood here since 1742. This free national monument lets you explore an 18th-century fort, ride a ferry across the inlet, and wander through 300 acres of coastal Florida landscape. The site protects both history and nature, including salt … Read more
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States, built by the Spanish between 1672 and 1695 to protect St. Augustine, Florida. sits on the western shore of Matanzas Bay and has seen almost 450 years of cultural change and conflict. The fort changed hands from Spanish to … Read more
Fort Foster State Historic Site sits inside Hillsborough River State Park in central Florida, about 20 miles northeast of Tampa. This reconstructed fort from the Second Seminole War lets you step back into 1836 and imagine what life was like for soldiers guarding the Hillsborough River bridge. Colonel William S. Foster and his 430 men … Read more
Fort Christmas Historical Park sits in Christmas, Florida, about 20 miles east of Orlando. It’s an open-air museum with a full-scale replica of a fort from the Second Seminole War, plus historic homes and buildings from Florida’s past. The park is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., including most holidays. Admission is free, … Read more