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10 Living History Sites To Love

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Step Back in Time ...

Your grandkids can play an 18th-century board game, sample a plantation spoon cake, or craft an adobe brick the way Spanish colonists did two centuries ago, when you take them to visit living-history villages and historic site.

North America is filled with such treasures depicting life from past eras. Just click to discover places where you can take your grandchildren through time and space, but still be home by bedtime.

Left: Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Mass. Photo by essygie.

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Michael Schuman is the author of 31 books in the travel and young-adult nonfiction genres. His articles have appeared in the travel sections of more than 175 newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and The Miami Herald, and also in many magazines. Visit his website, www.michaelschuman.com.

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