This museum holds not just a world class collection of firefighting artifacts and gear but even the region's first fire station itself.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.

A tiny but mighty little pumper sits in the middle of the street, waiting for the next big oil strike.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

Located along historic Route 66, this former gas station has been restored and converted into a museum filled with vintage motorcycles.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

The oldest surviving one-room schoolhouse in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.