Oldest Places In America To Visit

Our team of explorers spend countless hours of research and continually travel the country visiting America's oldest places, oldest sites and oldest things. There are many historic towns of America that are home to these fascinating oldest attractions. We give you a first hand, personal look at these truly historic locations by sharing our photos and much more.

These oldest locations each have incredible amounts of captivating history. Amazingly, some are even older than America itself. And most of these oldest sites are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. There are an estimated 95,000 properties listed on the National Register which represents nearly 2 million contributing resources in the United States. These contributing resources include National Historic buildings, sites, structures, objects, an estimated 200 landmark districts and over 2,600 National Historic Landmarks. 

The criteria for the below list is oldest places that are continuously active from their original established date and still in use today. Make sure to follow our social media links, also below, to keep updated on our ever growing list. So without further ado here are the oldest places in America. Listed in no particular order: