Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

This local gem houses the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside of the U.K.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

The hometown of movie legend, military officer and All-American guy next door, honors this great actor.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.

The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.