A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

One man's lifelong collection of 10,000 rare steins tells the story of beer drinking from 1350 to today.

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.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

America's first public mental health facility.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.