Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

Memorial built in 1922 in remembrance of WWI casualties.

Once forgotten, this strip of sand was a rare beachside haven for Black Americans in Atlantic City.

Amazingly, this old machine within the Resorts Casino still functions.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

One of America's oldest private membership libraries was long one of New Haven's best kept secrets.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.