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Extraordinary Places of Latino Heritage


Latino history is full of amazing stories of both ordinary and extraordinary people. Explore places in person or digitally and discover the accomplishments of many Americans who made outstanding contributions to education, government, medicine, the arts, commerce, and politics. Travel and explore the places where Latinos made history!

Big Bend National Park
Splendid Isolation

Big Bend National Park

Looking down a row of old wooden empty school seats with desks on the left.
Stories of Segregation

Blackwell School National Historic Site

Buck Island Reef National Monument
Buck Island nature and history

Buck Island Reef National Monument

The Majestic Cane River Country.
A River and Its People

Cane River Creole NHP

The Memorial garden and Gravesite
Sí, Se Puede

César E. Chávez National Monument

panorama of park bench and tree with US and Mexican flags visible in the distance against a mountain
LITTLE PARK, BIG STORY

Chamizal National Memorial

Many tall rock spires of various shapes in front of valley with more rocks, mountains, & blue sky
A Wonderland of Rocks

Chiricahua National Monument

The Cove at De Soto National Memorial
The Hidden Gem of Tampa Bay

The Sun Coast's Hidden Treasure

A large U.S. flag flies on a pole in front of several brick buildings

Fort Davis National Historic Site

Sunset, Fort, calm water
Fort Matanzas

Fort Matanzas Sunset

a group of hikers on a trail across from a cliff made of rock layers of various colors
Geologic Wonder and Ancestral Home

Grand Canyon National Park

Spring sunset over the Homestead Heritage Center.
Free Land was the cry!

Homestead National Monument of America

visitor relaxing on a swamp boardwalk
The story of a delta and its people

Jean Lafitte NHP&P

Looking from a rocky mountain valley with snow toward mountains and blue sky.

Klondike Gold Rush - Alaska

Sculptures of soldiers in the Korean War Veterans Memorial.

Korean War Veterans Memorial

Two young visitors peer over the rail at the looms in the 1910s working weave room at the Boott Mill
Lowell, The Continuing Revolution

Explore. Discover. Find Your Story.

A circle of white chairs sit on the grass in front of a two-story, white-frame house.
Life & Legacy of a President

Lyndon Johnson National Historical Park

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

The sun sets over a road encased by trees.
A 444-mile scenic drive

Natchez Trace Parkway

Lotus flowers at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens.

National Capital Parks-East

Aerial view of National Mall and Memorial Parks.

National Mall and Memorial Parks

A replica of a blue, Mexican field cannon overlooks the battlefield
Two Nations, One War, Shared History

Palo Alto Battlefield NHP

shipwreck rusts in ocean in the foreground with tropical mountains and palm trees beyond
The Date That Will Live in Infamy

Pearl Harbor National Memorial

Photograph of the front of the Visitor Education Center
We Can Do It!

Who was "Rosie the Riveter"?

a palm tree on right, up on cliff a white building with tile roof
St. Croix's Hidden Jem

Salt River Bay NHP

Rainbow in sky over front entrance to the fort.
More than Just a Fort

San Juan NHS - Legacy of an Empire

Close up of a face carved in old distressed wood; totem poles in the background.
Carved History

Sitka National Historical Park

a tree at sunrise growing on a lone island in the salt marsh blue sky behind
Where the Waters Meet

Timucuan Preserve

church façade with glorious sunset
Culture, Nature, Community

Tumacácori National Historical Park

US Park Police Officer standing in front of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument

VI Coral Reef National Monument

Photograph of the Wesleyan Chapel
Wesleyan Chapel

Wesleyan Chapel

View from above the World War II Memorial.

World War II Memorial

Filene Center viewed from native meadow.
Dedicated to the performing arts

Wolf Trap NP for the Performing Arts

Last updated: January 10, 2025

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