Murfree Spring Wetlands Park and Discovery Center: 502 S.E. Broad St.

For centuries, women lived at Murfree Spring, site of a Native American campground. During the Civil War, celebrations of freedom by African Americans included a speech about the war by a young woman dressed in the stars and stripes. Billie Little, one of the founders of the Discovery Center, served as its executive director from 1987 to 2012, overseeing the children’s museum’s development into a popular regional attraction.