This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

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

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

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

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

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.