New York City INDOORS : Historic Attractions

Just to the right of the Main Entrance: sure-fire kid pleaser The Egyptian Wing. Is there any child, anywhere, not fascinated by mummies and tombs? The Met is the perfect place to while ...

Colonial Williamsburg and Plymouth Plantation don't have a monopoly on historic villages. Historic Richmond Town offers 27 buildings and over 40 points of interest at its 100-acre complex and p...

This oft-overlooked historic site hosts numerous kid-friendly party and crafting experiences.

Owned and maintained by the Colonial Dames of America, Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden ...

France's gift to America is an inspiring sight in the New York Harbor, and can be an inspiring site to visit as well. Of course, it also requires a LOT of stamina and patience, two things most childre...

Originally built as an elegant home for a prosperous mercantile family in 1719, this landmark structure was one of the finest dining and drinking establishments in New York City prior to and during th...

Ellis Island is actually a better experience - for older kids - than The Statu...

The Queens County Farm Museum is the only working historical farm in New York City. The 47 acre site includes the 18th century Dutch-flavored Adriance farmhouse, a greenhouse complex, barns, an...

Next door to the Coney Island Amusement Park, the New York A...

Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, was born in this house in 1858, and lived here for the first 14 years of his life. His sisters and his widow furnished rooms in the house t...

South Street Seaport covers eleven city blocks, including Piers 15 through 17, and you can wander around the 19th century buildings and get a real feel for this waterfront area, which was the c...

At present, the United States Army Fort Hamilton Garrison is the home of the New York City Recruiting Battalion, the Military Entrance Processing Station, the North Atlantic Division Headquarte...

The Poe Cottage was the last home of the great American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849); he lived here from 1846 to 1849 and wrote The Bells, Eureka, and Annabel Lee whi...

The Valentine-Varian House was built in 1758 on farmland through which ran the old Boston Post Road, an important route between New York and Boston. The two-and-one-half-story fieldstone house ...

The home of jazz legend Louis Armstrong, preserved as it was when he lived there. Guided 40-minute tours leave every hour on the hour (last tour is at 4pm).

Also known as Grant's Tomb, the General Grant Memorial is a white marble and granite rotunda perched on a bluff overlooking the Hudson. The memorial is, indeed, the tomb of both Ulysses S. Gra...