An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Believe it or not, this is the final resting place of the man who created the Odditorium.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

Where decommissioned airplanes and helicopters go to become part of Hollywood.

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

Working mining and drilling equipment demonstrate 150 years of energy history.