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Archaeological & historic sites in United States

United States has 1,519 archaeological & historic sites on Detourmap — ancient ruins, tombs, ghost towns, shipwrecks, catacombs, mines, battlefields and crash sites. The best known is Mesa Verde National Park. Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them; this is 1–150, on page 1 of 11.

Archaeological
1,519
Oldest
Nanih Waiya 300
Little known
1,401 of 1,519
Most from
20th century

Questions about this page

How many archaeological & historic sites are there in United States?

1,519 on this map, out of 14,002 worldwide. That is what Wikidata records for United States with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article — the real number on the ground is larger, and for some countries much larger.

What is the best known of the archaeological & historic sites in United States?

Mesa Verde National Park, 20th century. U.S. national park in Colorado.

Which is the oldest?

Nanih Waiya, dated to 300. 502 of these 1,519 carry a founding date, 1 of them from before the year 1000.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.

Archaeological & historic sites elsewhere

United Kingdom1,708 Italy1,110 France997 Spain916 Greece506 Japan505 Germany462 Czech Republic455 Turkey394 Egypt263 Russia219 Israel217

All 14,002 archaeological & historic sites worldwide →

More in United States

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