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New York State · All 62 counties

Explore New York's
historic places, statewide

Historical markers, National Register places, battlefields, lighthouses, museums and cemeteries, from Montauk to Lake Erie and the Adirondacks: 29,939 historic places on one map. Find what's near you, read about it, and go see it.

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29,939 places on the map 8,319 with a written history 62 counties

What's on the map

Every kind of New York history

Built from the Historical Marker Database, the National Register of Historic Places, the National Park Service, New York State Parks, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, USGS and OpenStreetMap.

🪧
16,559
Historical markers
📜
6,690
National Register listings
⚰️
5,493
Cemeteries
🏛️
1,626
State historic sites & NYC landmarks
🏺
959
Museums
🎓
218
Colleges & universities
⚖️
60
County courthouses
⚔️
50
Revolutionary War & War of 1812 battlefields
🗼
37
Lighthouses
🏞️
27
National Park units
Explore all 29,939 on the map →

All 62 counties

Statewide, not just the city

Every county in New York State is on the map. These eight have the most places so far:

3,332

New York County

Manhattan

 1,131

Suffolk County

Long Island

 1,096

Erie County

Western New York

 1,014

Kings County

Brooklyn

 904

Orange County

Hudson Valley

 892

Albany County

Capital Region

 870

Nassau County

Long Island

 810

Monroe County

Finger Lakes

How it works

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1

Find what's near you

Tap Near me, search a name, or filter by category. Every pin has directions one tap away.

2

Read about it

Open a pin for its history: our own write‑ups, with the source named.

3

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Arrive and check in. Every visit counts toward a ladder in each category.

A look inside

Your map to New York history

  • Historic places across the whole state, clustered so the map stays fast
  • Near me shows what's around you, wherever you are
  • Search any town, county or place, or filter by category
  • Tap a pin for its history, its source and directions
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