When Darling Daughter was still traveling with us we tried historic/important destinations. This includes Niagra falls and NYC.. Cape cod (Marcoini Point and a Wale Watch) and Gettysburg.. Also Amusement parks (king's Island and Ceader Point) Assorted other places less known but equally important/vital educational.
We just forgot to tell her about the educational part till after she had learned :).
Came time to study the Civil war in school (NOTE Can a war be civil?) and well. She was able to say "Been there, Seen those guns" which gave her a bit of an advantage. Ended up leaving the tape (Self Tour cassette) with my Sister (Who lives on Cape Cod) so she could give her kids the same tour a bit later.
Way easier learning American history in the places it happened.
Oh yes, she's seen the Liberty bell and the hall it originally resided in as well.
Another trip I would recommend is not Detroit, but next door, Dearborn, MI.. Park at what used to be the Greenfield KOA but visit The Edison Institute (Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum) This is the kind of place where you can easily spend a week or two and not see all there is to see.... IN the Village is a former Doctor's office, also former one-room school (Same building) the Docent will tell you about the doctor who, like Sir Arthur's mentor, often diagnosed patients as they came up the walk. She will also explain the half brick, half wood walls and why the one-room schools were built that way... That office... Sat on the road I travelled every day on my way to school for many many years... It's part of MY personal history (It was padlocked and till the Edison Institute folks knocked on the farm owner's door they never even knew what it was). My daughter got to see that too.
She also got to ride steam trains, Main line Steam trains, alas those no longer exist,, Just a couple of excurision trains like the Grand Canyon line.
