Joseph Caylor… Starting from a log cabin in Kentucky to the White House, Abraham Lincoln's life and career can be best described at the only house he ever owned, now the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield Illinois. The National Park Service gives free tours and provides great information on how one of the most important leaders in U.S. and world history lived from day to day. While his life was tragically cut short, you can visit not just Lincoln the legend, but Lincoln the father and husband at his historic home.