Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

Expertly restored pinball machines as far as the eye can see.

This riverfront statue honors the inventor of the first video games ever sold.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

The 92-foot-tall structure is based on the aircraft that carried the first Americans into space.

The childhood home of the meat inspector who would become the face of America.

Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.

Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world's most famous paranormal investigators.

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

An actual piece of the Moon, brought down to Earth by Apollo 15.

A humble air museum located in an original World War II aircraft factory.

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

More than a century of radio history is told in these displays.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.