A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

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

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

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

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

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.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.