Top USA Archaeology Tours - page 3

Discover the charming southern city of Beaufort on a walking tour through the historic district. Join a small group and explore the antebellum streets while listening to your guide regale you with the city’s 500-year history. Learn about Native Americans, pirates, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and more as you visit monuments, churches, and statues.

Discover the thrill of shark tooth hunting and seashell collecting on Manasota Key, a premier location for fossil enthusiasts. This guided eco-tour invites families and friends to explore beautiful shores while searching for ancient treasures like shark teeth, unique seashells, and rare sea glass. Expert guides share fascinating insights into the natural history of the area, making this both an educational and enjoyable experience for all ages. Perfect for swimmers seeking adventure amidst stunning biodiversity, this tour ensures lasting memories and treasures from the sea. - Family-friendly eco-tour perfect for all ages - Expert guides share knowledge and stories of ancient finds - Collect fossilized shark teeth and unique seashells - All participants must be able to swim; equipment rentals available

While visiting Honolulu, take a half-day tour of Pearl Harbor that details the history of World War II in Hawaii. Visit the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument and Battleship Row with a guide who shares informative commentary about Oahu during the war in the Pacific.

Learn all about more than 300 years of history on this guided carriage tour of Charleston. See the many mansions, churches, and gardens as your horse-drawn carriage tour covers more than 2.5 miles and 30 blocks of historic Charleston. Belgian and Percheron draft horses lead you through the streets while you learn about this “Holy City” and its role in the Civil War—leave your guidebook at home, these stories are better.

New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art is a must-visit attraction, but its size can be intimidating for visitors. Navigate its galleries with ease on this stress-free small-group tour. Meet your guide at the museum and head right in: Tickets are included. You’ll see artifacts from ancient Egypt, Gilded Age America, the Impressionist movement, Pompey frescoes, Henry VIII's armor, and modern-day America.

This is a fully narrated tour of Sedona and the surrounding area and is the best value in Sedona. In fact, after you have taken our tour, you will know more about Sedona in two hours than people who have lived here their whole lives! Plus, this is the only city tour that that includes a vortex! Find out what the vortex can do for you! Hear about the history that started here over 350,000.000 years ago. We will visit the Chapel of the Holy Cross and hear about the early settlers, J.J Thomson and Carl & Sedona Schnebly, plus the Native American tribes that have called this unique area home. We'll head up Oak Creek Canyon, one of the top 10 scenic highways in this country. On our trip up the canyon, we will pass Steamboat Rock and Indian Gardens. We will stop up in the canyon, where the Navajo and Hopis make and sell their exquisite jewelry and crafts. There are other tours of Sedona, however this one is the most comprehensive! Must be a minimum of 4 people.

See the sights and sounds of Nashville on this guided sightseeing tour around Music City. Choose from a morning or afternoon departure, then enjoy the ride. Get an educational and entertaining live narrative from the experienced guide while rolling past famous landmark locations like the historic Ryman Auditorium, Music Row, the Tennessee State Capitol, and more. Admission is included to Ryman Auditorium and the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Visit a private estate on protected land where you’ll take a relaxing, educational, and grounding hike through the rainforest with a local guide. Learn about the local flora and fauna and the spiritual philosophy of those who steward the property. Discover hidden waterfalls, indulge in farm-to-table chocolate delights, and witness ancient artifacts amidst towering ferns. This is an excellent tour for plant lovers and those who want a quiet, serene, and private experience.

Explore the city of Memphis through the lens of the Civil Rights Movement during this driving sightseeing tour. See key landmarks and monuments that are important to African-American history such as Slave Haven, the National Civil Rights Museum, and Beale Street. Listen to engaging commentary about the history of the area from periods of slavery to the civil rights movement to present-day.

Learn about Savannah’s history from a sixth-generation local who is passionate about sharing the city’s story. Covering six squares in historic downtown, the tour is unique in that it shares the historical perspective of Savannah’s Native American, African, and Irish inhabitants. Discover benches, shady spots, monuments, and restrooms along the route.

Travel back in time to discover one of America’s most historic cities—Charleston, South Carolina—on this guided walking tour. Visit points of interest including Charleston City Hall; the Dock Street Theatre, America’s first theatre; the Old Exchange Building, South Carolina's most historic building; White Point Garden, in the heart of Charleston’s historic district with a spectacular view of Fort Sumter, and many more.

Spend several hours exploring the highlights of one of Alaska’s southernmost cities on this immersive, multi-stop tour of Ketchikan. Meet your guide at your cruise ship dock. See city highlights, including historical Creek Street and a local salmon hatchery, before continuing out of town: you’ll visit totem parks, pretty tide pools and beaches, nature preserves, and more. As you go, learn all about the region’s indigenous heritage.

Visit the Grand Canyon on a full-day tour from Flagstaff. Stop at viewpoints along the South Rim drive including Grand Canyon Village, Yavapai Point, Lipan Point, and Desert View Watchtower. On the return to Flagstaff, spend time at the Cameron Trading Post, which carries art work and handicrafts made by Native American artists. Includes entrance fees, and hotel pickup and drop-off.

Visit three historic museums on a guided walking tour in Fort Lauderdale’s Arts and Science district. Follow a local guide to the 1899 Replica Schoolhouse Museum, the Pioneer House Museum, and the History Museum. All locations are located on the banks of the New River with plenty of restaurants nearby for you to enjoy after your tour.

Explore a new side of Chicago and the city's gangster past on this mafia tour in a coach vehicle. Drive around the Windy City to see where Al Capone, The Untouchables, Hymie Weiss, John Dillinger, and more famous figures hung out. There are ample chances to get out of the bus and pose for pictures in front of a historic courthouse, among other infamous sites.

Discover the Arctic Circle, without worrying about logistics, on this full-day tour from Fairbanks. Travel the famous Dalton Highway, visit the Yukon River, stop by the Arctic Circle Trading Post, and get views of the tundra landscape. Learn about life in rural Alaska through your guide's commentary and keep your eyes peeled for local wildlife that lives in these remote areas.

Go behind-the-scenes and deep underground at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, with the only Catholic catacombs in New York City. See parts of the church that are otherwise off-limits to visitors. As you explore with the help of a guide, learn all about the landmark’s place in New York history and discover the final resting place of some famous New Yorkers.

Discover Galveston’s sordid past during an evening walking tour of the city’s Red Light District. Join a small group and your guide to walk the streets and listen to stories of mobsters, bootleggers, and brothels. Learn how the island was once a “sin city,” where men could come to drink, gamble, and look for love once they crossed into the mob-run “Free State of Galveston.”

Step back into the Arizona Wild West with this Historic Gold Mine Jeep Adventure. With adrenaline pumping, you enter mine to follow same vein of Gold that prospector “Old Rackensack” chased in 1880. Our Hard-Rock mine allows guests to Safely experience Old-Timers painstaking methods for extracting the elusive precious mineral that had such a profound impact on Arizona’s History. In-route to the Mine, you will explore the Upper Sonoran Desert’s rugged landscape with Flora & Fauna photo stops plus educational narration about Rackensack Canyon’s Archaeological Indian Ruins. After an exhilarating mountainside ride to Summit Studio/Giftshop, you will enjoy complimentary refreshments before heading to mine. Sit back and enjoy the ride with Certified Off-road Desert Guide in our Custom Jeep Gladiator that is weatherized for "Rain or Shine" Tours and exclusively designed for safety, comfort plus maximum visibility of spectacular vistas.

The Treadwell mine collapse of 1917 ended an era of gold and industry in Alaska. Today, the preserved ruins of this massive site sit quietly among the trees. While the forest has grown in around it, the foundations, machinery, and stories still remain. This guided walking tour takes you through the original streets of Treadwell, past towering ruins, old mine shafts, and up to the edge of the 1917 cave-in. Along the way, carefully placed immersive media scenes help bring key moments of history to life right where they happened. The tour spans 2–3 miles of scenic walking trails, showcasing a century-old industrial footprint that few visitors ever see. Along the way, your guide shares stories of the people who both built and lost this remarkable place.

The Big Island of Hawaii has a diverse ecosystem unlike anywhere else on the planet. On this small-group day-long nature tour with hotel pickup, experience the beauty of its black-sand beaches, thundering waterfalls, and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. If you’re lucky, you spot Hawaiian green sea turtles basking on the coast.

There's so much to see and do in Arizona it's impossible to do it all. But you can get pretty damn close with this full-day whirlwind tour of 5 National Monuments in and around Sedona. Enjoy the sights from the comfort of an air-conditioned chariot while learning about the areas natural and cultural history from an expert guide.

Along with its red-rock formations, Sedona is known for stargazing in the dark night sky, but if you don’t know where to go for the perfect sights, you could miss out on some really cool experiences. This Sedona UFO and Stargazing Night Tour takes you to three viewing locations for the best sights—one adjacent to the Fay Canyon area, one near Cultural Park Place, and one near Crystal Magic Psychic Center.

Step back in time to 1864 and the Civil War’s Battle of Franklin on this full-day tour from Nashville. The Battle of Franklin was one of the worst disasters of the war for the Confederate States Army. On this tour, see the bullet and cannon ball holes as well as the battle-scarred floors that still bear witness to the carnage of this dark time in history. Spend time in the town of Franklin to shop, eat and view its historic sites.