NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

Display that gathers the basic elements of the universe in one convenient location.

The clock that sets them all.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

More than 12,000 years ago, this park was a playground for mastodons.

Exploring the past, present, and future of blues music.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the star.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.