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

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Thousands of American timepieces on display in the former clock-making capital of the country.

Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

What is the Thing?

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

The headquarters of a pioneering cast iron and cast aluminum cookware company is in ruins, but still standing.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.