10 American Museums That Are a Must for History Buffs

[@ToptenzNettop10]

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[@kiltedbroshar4187]

Drop the s from the end of Illinois

[@isaaclux2128]

Can you do a Today I Found Out about the origin of the term "History Buff" ? I looked it up and cant really find a straight answer, everyone seems to have a different idea, or are just grasping at straws...

[@hugocampbell9209]

Do a list for top British museums for history buffs

[@nomdeplume7537]

Simon's struggling to make this episode interesting.

[@MrEricSir]

Simon: I've got to rattle all of this off as fast as possible to keep up with the schedule. Also Simon: "Seamen" *giggles*

[@michellemire8462]

I guess he did it so fast that the episode didnt penetrate Factboi memory

[@HahnJames]

It's interesting how Henry Ford had the buildings in Greenfield Village moved there. They were disassembled brick by brick (when applicable) and board by board. Each item was numbered and catalogued. The various pieces of the building were then trucked to Dearborn, Micvhigan and their new home at Greenfield Village. The shipments arrived according to a schedule so that the buildings could be reconstructed in the way that they were originally built. Upon reassembly, every brick, every board, piece of tile, light fixture, etc. was returned to it's original position in the reconstructed building.

[@pbcoop62]

One of the buildings is the Postville Courthouse, which was in what is now the city of Lincoln, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln practiced law there in the 1850's. It was rebuilt with the courtroom on the first floor instead of the second floor where it originally was. The current state historic site in Lincoln is a replica, with the courthouse upstairs.

[@bethroesch2156]

The Air Force museum at Wright Patterson is pretty cool. We're not far from it so I've been a lot. It's free, the volunteers who work there are really helpful and since many are veterans, always willing to answer questions and occasionally share a story. It covers flight from inception to outer space. They have a couple of retired Air Force 1s that were super interesting to go through and see the changes made. They have a ton of parking and picnic tables if you want to picnic. Just DO NOT try to wander too far from the museum, it is an active AF base and they DO NOT play around with security.

[@RABB1DSQ1RR3L]

I would also suggest not straying too far into Dayton.

[@zachazlett]

@@RABB1DSQ1RR3L lol there’s lots of very nice areas in and around downtown.

[@RABB1DSQ1RR3L]

@@zachazlett Im talking about Salem and Gettysburd. But you are correct. There is an art museum, and Boonshoft. Carrilon park. Hell if you drive around you can still see tornado damage.

[@freekashyyyk896]

Lol I’m literally working at the Greenfield Village in Dearborn Michigan right now. We plan to fully open the village seven days a week this summer!

[@fabricdragon]

awesome!

[@anamkarajoy]

That’s so awesome to hear!

[@MushroomHedgehog]

This has so many outtakes I almost thought it was a Brain Blaze video. Also glad to know Simon is just as much of a child as I am upon hearing the term “seamen.”

[@Texasishot105]

I giggled.....

[@JustKrista50]

I grew up in Michigan and got to visit The Henry Ford museum quite a bit. Also the airforce museum in Daytona. I remember being allowed to climb inside a bomber and sit at the pilot seat. I've been able to visit the WW2 museum in New Orleans twice. Greenville Village was also a yearly visit as a child. It's so pretty at Christmas. Once in 5th grade we had a field trip that was overnight. I got to make a dip candle and milk a cow. We had a "colonial lunch". Bread, cheese and an apple. It was a lot of fun!

[@heidiwint9892]

The Henry Ford Museum was THE school field trip when I lived there.

[@cleverusername9369]

I would add as honorable mentions: -the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington DC. Self-explanitory - the Museum of the Bizzare, Wilmington, NC. Displays like letters from Ed Gein and Ted Bundy, shrunken heads, haunted objects, anything creepy or macabre. -USS Constitution, Boston, MA, the oldest commissioned warship still afloat in the world. - Patriot's Point Naval and Maritime Museum, Charleston, SC, giant Museum displaying a WWII aircraft carrier, a great number of aircraft, war materiel from WWII and Vietnam, as well as a coast guard ship and a submarine.

[@matthew.datcher]

I will definitely agree with the first location on your list. Though, I am personally partial to the Udvar-Hazy Center, even though I haven't visited since the start of the pandemic.

[@davidpearson3304]

There is no coast guard ship at Patriots point and the submarine is closed and will be disposed of

[@cleverusername9369]

@@davidpearson3304 oh. Apparently there's a destroyer now. When I went there probably 20 years ago as a Boy Scout there was a Coast Guard cutter, USCGS Ingham, that was removed in 2009.

[@Oleandra-13]

The Air and Space Museum is amazing, and it's so cool to see the progress of our aerospace technology.

[@Mithrandir39]

I am not American and have never been there but I would definitely put #1 on my list the Smithsonian.

[@KB_-_]

My grade school choir used to go to Greenfield Village every Christmas to light candles and sing carols. It was beautiful.

[@lindakaye7935]

You missed the third cool part of the Henry Ford. (The village and museum are at the same place) you can take a short bus ride to the Ford Rouge plant and learn what Henry's original idea was for the plant and get to see the assembly line in real life.

[@GeorgieB1965]

Simon's snarkiness is just shining through to a high glossy finish.

[@knowitall82]

I definitely detected an extra hint of spice this episode. 😆

[@tessat338]

I've literally been to the National World War 2 Museum in New Orleans and never realized before that the entrance is in the shape of a landing craft, called a "Higgins Boat." Higgins Industries was based in New Orleans during the war and they are referenced all over the museum.

[@X97-b9y]

I live in new orleans, and have visited that museum more times than I can count, and I also never knew that.

[@tessat338]

@@X97-b9y I know! But as soon as you look at the photo, it jumps right out! We've both looked THROUGH those windows from the inside and it never occurred to either of us! Subtle up close but obvious from a distance.

[@X97-b9y]

@@tessat338 very true

[@joantaylor1271]

I grew up 15 minutes from the Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village. They are absolutely the most amazing museums I’ve ever experienced.

[@theclandestinewitness]

The WWI musesum in KC is a must. It is amazingly detailed and encompasses the entire war and build up to the war.

[@curiousworld7912]

Agreed. In fact, I've heard that this is the best WWI museum outside of Europe.

[@hollybyrd6186]

I'll need to look into that. I want to see the miniature museum in KC one day. Add to my list of spots to look at.

[@logancrapser3866]

Only WWI museum in north America!

[@curiousworld7912]

@@logancrapser3866 Is it? Thanks. :)

[@b7kerravon]

It's an amazing experience; with all the interactive exhibits, it takes a full two days to do it justice. You can see full-size replicas of each country's trenches, a bombed-out house, and no man's land. The entrance is across a plexiglass floor over a field of poppies, and the Liberty Memorial has some of the best views of the KC area!

[@margaretrogers9811]

Bit heavy on the sarcasm, Simon. At least these museums aren’t built on collections looted by “The Empire”.

[@michaelmoore7975]

The great 14th Century Japanese swordsmith Masamune has only 1 sword in the western hemisphere. At the Harry Truman Pres Library and Museum in Missouri.

[@Simonsvids]

As a Brit, when I went on a holiday to America and was in Washington, my number one historical place I wanted to go to was the National Archives. After satisfying myself with seeing the Declaration of Independence (and having bought a copy), I was ready to see everything else. Surprised? I am British, but first and foremost Welsh. England has 18 times the population of Wales, but a third of the signatories of the declaration had Welsh ancestry, compared to 14% Irish. About a third were also of Scottish descent, but England is only 10 times more populous than Scotland.

[@lacyLor]

Simon sounds like he’s being sarcastic this entire video. I think he needs a vacation 😂

[@stevewixom9311]

I really didn't care his attitude on this video either. I think he needs something

[@beckyowens2586]

As an Illinoisan you deal with people mispronouncing Illinois all the time, but when Simon refers to it as Illi-noice, it's pretty great lol.

[@andrewcordle2424]

Is it an English pronunciation perhaps?

[@joshuastrawser9160]

The mispronounciation of Louisville was painful. Yes, it's the most obvious pronounciation, but also the most wrong.

[@phoenixfox2697]

Ok I need to know. As far as I know, Illinois is pronounced Ill-annoy. So is Illinoisan pronounced Ill-annoysian or Ill-annoyian? I’m not trying to be a jerk, I’m curious to know so I can educate myself. I said Spo-kane for my whole life until I traveled there and found out it was Spo-can. Education is always helpful.

[@angelairidescenceartglass6289]

@@phoenixfox2697 we say Illinois residents. Or residents of Illinois. Boring, but the “correct”pronunciation (no s sound at the end) is a bastardization of a French interpretation/bastardization of a Native American tribal name so…the “logical” name to use “Illini” is a problem as well. There’s a whole history of racist/land grabbing/native peoples being “relocated” by force from their ancestral lands North American expansionist policies and cultural appropriation issues there. Doesn’t stop the University of Illinois from using it, but another reason why “Illini” is not used for all citizens of the state as well. I’m pretty sure folks up in Wisconsin just call us “those bastards in Illinois” if that helps. Or they just call us “Chicagoans” - whether you live there or not. 🤷‍♀️

[@michellebaker1221]

@@phoenixfox2697 it's the second one.

[@BFSilenceDogood]

The Henry Ford museum is really incredible! There is so much to see: Abraham Lincoln's blood is visible on the chair, and the presidential limonenes over the years are there. You can actually sit in the spot that Rosa Parks sat. It's very close to Greenfield Village too (technically in Dearborn Mi).

[@billstrutz7912]

The Ford Museum and the nearby Greenfield Village deserve at least two days apiece. I had only one day and even though I rushed thru parts of it much too quickly, there are entire areas that I didn't see at all.

[@TheWindWhispers]

Please issue a correction for Baltimore. The B&O Railroad Museum is not the same thing as the B&O Warehouse. The Warehouse is what is incorporated into Camden Yards. The Museum is completely separate and several blocks away from Camden Yards. The Warehouse is on S Howard St. The Museum is on W Pratt St.

[@plushman3685]

Museum of the Pacific; Fredericksburg, TX; spent 8 hours there and still didn’t see it all. There’s Japanese mini-subs; including one sunk at Pearl Harbor. The Tarawa exhibit alone took two hours to see!

[@jordanalexanderlewis2843]

The WW2 museum is no doubt one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had. The Holocaust museum and the African American History museum are also must a must see. Difficult to get through, but worth it for sure.

[@dianecripps204]

I agree. Add these museums to a visit to the American History museum. Nothing beats the music history part of the African American History Museum. These is also the National Museum of the American Indian.

[@Linusgump]

I visited the Memphis Belle when she was at Mud Island, Memphis, TN. Due to the timing of one of my visits and the lack of other patrons, the volunteers let me go inside and look around. That was an awesome treat that has not been topped yet in my life, not even by flying on the EAA Aluminum Overcast B-17.

[@kupariusa4202]

I take many visitors to Detroit to the Henry Ford (in Dearborn) and they are always blown away. One of the most interesting things is Thomas Edison's last breath in a test tube. Ford was a Spiritualist who thought he'd be able to contact Edison in the afterlife with it.

[@TimmyDfromtheD]

Ford was also a terrible racist and huge antisemite

[@justinnelson9787]

Great Museum, and Greenfield Village is also quite fun!

[@annakrol3309]

Sorry Simon but Greenfield Village and The Henry Ford are not in Detroit but in Dearborn.

[@anamkarajoy]

It’s “metro-Detroit”. Let’s just enjoy the rare positive publicity! 😁

[@kimhohlmayer7018]

Just drove through Dayton today. I’ve been through the Air Force Museum three or four times over the years. Always enjoy that.

[@patricksechowski2134]

The Strong Museum of Play is great for anyone with kids. So much to keep them interested and is educational. It is also where the Toy Hall Of Fame is.

[@AquaPenguin100]

In case anyone was curious, the Mariners Museum is only $1 admission! Newport News also isn't super far from the Historic Triangle (Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown), so if you're already in the area for history, might as well stop on in!

[@christophersteele5709]

Greenfield village and the Henry Ford museum are actually on the same grounds. As mentioned the chair that Lincoln was shot in is there and u can see blood stains but also grease stains cause it sat in a basement breakroom at the Smithsonian. Workers would sit and smoke in it which is crazy that was ever allowed. Also back then men greased there hair and they stained the chair. I think it's in better hands now thankfully.

[@derekgardiner3583]

I've never heard you sound so much like a fed up tour guide, having to reel off the talking points for all the paying museums in the local area 🤣

[@jenniferwarne8445]

The air force museum in dayton is really awesome. We used to go all the time in the summertime because it's also free!

[@freesk8]

I grew up just North of Chicago in the '70's, and as a young nerdy pre-engineer type, I LOVED the Museum of Science and Industry! By the way, the "s" on the end of Illinois is silent. It's a French word. Yeah, I know that is a tough one for you English types! :)

[@MegaSuperEnrique]

Simon has a real Professor Xavier vibe today

[@Texasishot105]

It's the sweater.... and the baldness.

[@hectorsmommy1717]

I am the only one I know in the US with typical European heritage who has not had ANY ancestors come through Ellis Island. My first ancestors showed up in 1634 and they all trickled in until 1867 when my great grandfather emigrated from Germany, about 30 years before Ellis Island was opened. My earliest ancestors went through either Boston or New Netherlands and most of the rest came through Philadelphia.

[@labhrais6957]

I don't believe any of my ancestors came through Ellis either. We've been here from the 1600's landing in the Carolinas and taking land and stuff. You know, the usual English things

[@hectorsmommy1717]

@@labhrais6957 Yup. My earliest immigrant ancestors were Puritans or Upper Hudson Valley Dutch so they did a great job of taking land. Some moved from Massachusetts/Connecticut onto Long Island and were slave owners by 1700.

[@curiousworld7912]

My ancestors arrived in Virginia in the late 17th cent., and made their way west in the 1840's-50's, to where much of my family still lives.

[@joantaylor1271]

Mine were here already!🤣 or they came in the 1600s.

[@shysweet5439]

not to mention indigenous americans, african-americans, and the scores of European immigrans who pre-date Ellis island. i have african, western european, native and central asian ancestry...none of whom had anything to do with Ellis island.

[@anonymousrex5207]

You can always tell when Simon is recording a video right after doing a brain blaze... blaze on fact boy!

[@SquirrelNebula]

You ok Simon? That's the most sarcastic video I've seen since OG Brain Blaze.😂 Love You all!!!

[@kMac862]

I'm surprised the Field Museum in Chicago and the Holocaust Museum in DC didn't make the list. Two world-class spots!

[@ethanpollock5829]

The most changing experience I’ve had from a museum is easily the holocaust museum in Washington DC

[@MarkAShaw64]

There’s a similar exhibition on the top floor of the Imperial War Museum, London. Sobering.

[@labhrais6957]

Same here

[@edmccall390]

My visit to that museum still haunts me.

[@dhelix85]

There was a mobile museum on the subject of the Holocaust that came to my school. The pile for shoes they brought stuck with me so solidly.

[@tylerglenn6895]

It was just in Kansas City at union station! Great history and objects that where there..

[@PositronWeaponD]

I first went to the National History Museum to see the ruby slippers when I was very young. I went to DC again when I was about 10 and wanted to go there basically every day we were there! In retrospect, the amount of time I spent in the presidential funerals section was very telling, lol…

[@TheRoRo56]

Born and raised in the Detroit area of Michigan, been to Greenfield Village twice and the Henry Ford Museum multiple times!

[@stone1andonly]

Another worthy addition would be the Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center in Duluth, MN. Located in Duluth's Canal Park district and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, it is near the famed Aerial Lift Bridge, where visitors can view 1,000' ships as they pass beneath the bridge's center span entering and exiting the Twin Ports of Duluth and Superior, WI. It houses a number of artifacts from ships that plied their trade on Lake Superior and across the Great Lakes, interactive exhibits, and it is free to the public.

[@kittymervine6115]

I grew up in DC, and spent a lot of time at all the Smithsonian museums...I was shocked when as a teenager I went to NYC and found out MUSEUMS CAN CHARGE AN ENTRY FEE! I grew up with the belief that museums were for everyone, rich or poor. A way to inexpensively learn and be entertained! But I'm totally hooked on museums, and if there is one I'll go visit.

[@fabricdragon]

dude, my great grandfather arrived with the name Pikkaernean from Finland- he walked out with "Pickering" because thats what the guy at Ellis Island thought it sounded like

[@gwynyvyr]

Fact Boi: Ugh, I really don't want to make this video.....Blaze Boi: No worries, I got this...

[@JaredLS10]

Just gave me flashbacks of going to the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village when I was in school.

[@freekashyyyk896]

I visited the ww2 museum in new orleans twice. Each time I had to get escorted out by security. The museum is just so big and expansive that I lost track of time and never heard the announcement that the museum was closing over the loudspeakers lol.

[@highlandoutsider]

Gotta remember this excuse for the next time I get rumbled mid art heist 👍🤣

[@joshuaradick5679]

I’m personally a fan of the Cody Firearms Museum. The DC Smithsonian museums are great and as a bonus they are free.

[@MrTexasDan]

That's because you already paid for them.

[@andrewfrost3027]

I'll be visiting the Cody Firearms Museum over the 4th of July this year. I'm pumped!

[@joshuaradick5679]

@@andrewfrost3027 I’ll probably do the same. It’s way nicer after the 2019 renovation.

[@Jason-fm4my]

Visiting the U505 in Chicago was incredible. I highly recommend it.

[@mcdappert]

I live within 45 minutes of the national airforce museum and j have been there probably 5 times and you cant see it all. You could probably spend a whole day reading every in a single hanger (there are 5 hangers and 1 missle silo). There is so much military and early flight history there.

[@jabaricarrington1057]

Hey, long term listener first time commenter. The "warehouse" in right field at Camden Yards is not the B&O museum. It's located a few miles away on Pratt street. Been to both quite a few times...

[@joshuacavinder8352]

I love when British people say Illinois

[@theunspoke815]

I also LOVED it when we went to Greenfield Village & Ford Museum in school!! One of my favorite field trips!!!

[@multiyapples]

I’ve been to the Ellis Island museum. I highly recommend it for everyone to go.

[@zachazlett]

Shoutout to Dayton! Didn’t expect that.

[@harrelsonyee4467]

I definitely wanna visit ww2, US air force and the henry ford museum.

[@theunspoke815]

I'm so glad there's adults out there still giggling at words we giggled at at 7 yrs old!! It's one of the secrets to a long life!! 😜😜

[@budwilliams6590]

I know what you mean. I used to watch the history channel and discovery channel all the time, but when they went all pawn stars and bigfoot I tapped out. Haven't watched anything there in years.

[@babscabs1987]

9/11 Museum at ground Zero is pretty intense.

[@kMac862]

We've got a sassy Simon today. 🤣

[@pamelamays4186]

Simon. How about a similar list for British history buffs?🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@pattongilbert]

I’m really surprised you didn’t mention the Field Museum in Chicago. One of the most famous in America. Also the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, GA. Truly an incredible one going through every war.

[@Cemi_Mhikku]

Museum of Broadcast Communications is pretty great, too. If you're at all interested in radio or early television, their collection of artifacts is astounding and not to be missed. Edit: Field also is often considered superior to the Smithsonian's Natural History portion.

[@Doctors_TARDIS]

I hated the Field Museum. Just... all kinds of creepy.

[@Mach5Johnny]

Here’s an honorable mention. The Las Vegas Mob Museum!

[@mommatanya1]

When I saw the title of this I wondered if The Hery Ford would be on the list, and at what place. Such a big and diverse museum that it took 2 places on the list! #1 & #2! I agree with your list. Also glad that Air Force Museum was on there. That is easily a 2 day visit in itself, unless you rush through the displays.

[@patrickhasachannel]

the Museum of Science & Industry is absolutely my favorite, but I'm dying to see every other one on this list now

[@dwashbur]

I didn't really follow what you said about Ellis Island and name changes. How about an episode about that? The WWII Museum in NOLA has a diorama that shows just how many vehicles of various types took part in D-Day. It was easily the most stunning thing I saw there. The Greensboro lunch counter: when we were there, a young African-American man in period costume gave a presentation about what happened during that protest. He invited anyone from the listeners who want to take part, to sit at the counter. Then he had the rest of us gather around them and just glare at them steadily for about a minute. It gave us all a little bit of an idea what those young men experienced as they stood up for racial justice. That was 2009, I don't know if they still do it or not. But if they do, definitely go see it. It will change your life.

[@sarahcoleman3125]

I went to the WWII Museum in New Orleans when it first opened. Literally, we were visiting family the first week it opened and my uncle took us. If I remember correctly, the link is NO is where duck boats were invented and they were significant to the D-Day attacks. The scene where Captain America visits his own WWII exhibit reminded me alot of my experience there. It was a pretty cool place.

[@greorith]

I can attest that the Mariner Museum in Newport News is a great place to go if you love naval history.

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

I think the director's cut of this episode contains about 2 additional hours of seamen jokes.

[@vrod665]

Been to all but the Dollywood Museum of Crime. Honestly never realized it was there. The other nine examples are outstanding and each worth days of your time … so much to see and learn at each place.

[@Zackaria_sMax]

This is TopTenz Simon! You're not supposed to laugh at Seamen here... Lol

[@craigcpowell]

Simon was so salty in this video he should probably check his sodium levels

[@charlesleger8628]

I think Brain Blaze is seeping into TopTenz this episode :P

[@jeffrichards1537]

I love history and museums.

[@goneutt]

As far as ways to spend piles of money, collecting buildings is one way to go.

[@marcm.]

What's funny about this, is that you can make a whole separate top 10 for this very subject, and instead use 10 other museums throughout the United States, that have equal call to this title. About the only one that I can think of that would be long on both lists is the Smithsonian... These are interesting picks I'll have to visit the other eight that I haven't visited yet)))) thanks

[@pbibbles]

I know you've given up on pronunciation these past few years, but I still have to inform anyone that mispronounces its name, the S is silent in Illinois. We generally say "ill-annoy." Mostly because the state government makes us ill by how much it annoys us.

[@seanegan9671]

My great grandfather came through Ellis Island and his name was spelled correctly but one of his brothers came through years later and they misspelled his last name

[@fabricdragon]

in, or near Philadelphia PA USA... we have a naval exhibit museum (tour a submarine- a real one in the water. world famous museums of art (multiple ones, yes) science, and technology, natural history... botanical gardens (MANY- i happen to like the Morris Arboretum with the functioning Victorian fernery) and of course, for the medical and the macabre we have the Mutter Museum! we also have the oldest subscription library founded by ben Franklin, and the second oldest Free Library... Oh and a train museum just outside of philadelphia heading toward Lancaster PA that is awesome, with FULLY working early steam trains that you can ride through the countryside on, and then enjoy all the other sites in the area.

[@GardinerAlan]

Fact Boy needs to have a chat with Pronunciation Man

[@mikeseier4449]

Yeah, Who would think an English man would have trouble speaking English?

[@pelleoh]

And American guy needs to have a chat with Native man and French guy about the pronunciation stuff.

[@scottbruffy9071]

I laughed, too, at the Mariner's Museum comments. I swear I'm a mature adult.

[@The_Blazement]

not specifically a history museum, but I absolutely love the Museum of Science in Boston, I went there so many times as a kid

[@marcuslaffey1637]

Same. It was always so cool, especially the Archemedean Excogitation or whatever it's called. The Omni-theater is pretty cool, too.

[@PeachM0de]

As a Michigander greenfield village and HFM are staple field trips in k-12.

[@georgemetcalf8763]

You forgot House On The Rock in Wisconsin. It's the former home of a rich dude obsessed with steam punk/ Victorian times and splurged. Worth visiting, neat stuff there.

[@debbiedowns4661]

Thank you so much for this. I live in the Historic Triangle (Jamestown, Yorktown, and Williamsburg VA). Could you cover the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg on Megaprojects. The Rockefeller family purchased an entire modern town and turned it into an 18th century museum in the 1920s and 30s.

[@fabricdragon]

seconded!

[@davidpearson3304]

The Rockefeller’s were also instrumental in Acadia National Park

[@krisplanker9640]

Eugenics is of course extremely topical with the recent SCOTUS leak.

[@RavenFilms]

I went to the Museum of Science and industry at least once a year on a field trip all through the 90’s. It still my favorite!

[@zimattack9994]

I for one look forward to the casual criminalist museum where you walk in the first thing you see is a big sign that says! dont write down your crimes. written in large friendly letters

[@Doctors_TARDIS]

Separating The Henry Ford and Greenfield Village as 2 different things is a bit odd.

[@ksfpubstar2]

No charge for DC museums because the taxes there are so high

[@alliewhitlock621]

My husband is from a small down near Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. We'll be there in a month to go see his family. I'm gonna go visit.

[@CC-gg4oj]

Someones got their sarcasm pants on and their irony boots on... and I love it.

[@jonslg240]

A British guy telling Americans what the most important American history museums are.. Tied in with ads that benefit a british person who doesn't even live in Britain. We should all just keep trusting him, though.

[@Amlaeuxrai]

Must-See-ums?

[@AdamLashley8532]

I've been to both the Henry Ford museum and Greenfield village multiple times in my life as I live in Michigan, he is spot on. That place is a wonderful experience for any age and a place you learn every single time you visit!

[@blairpenny1526]

I really think you missed out on the Smithsonian Air and Space museum especially if you include the Udvar Hazy facility and the Natural History Museum. You can see some of the most amazing things in either one

[@willmfrank]

Y'know, with Simon being a Star Trek fan, one would think he'd jump at the chance to showcase where the Starship Enterprise lives.

[@lacyLor]

If you ever find yourself in Kansas City the WWI museum and memorial is great.

[@kiramiller568]

The mob museum in Las Vegas is pretty fun! It has 4 floors if you count the speakeasy in the basement. You can learn about the mafia, "take the blood oath" and even sit in a court room and hear actual court proceedings from the time our former mayor Oscar Goodman defended the mob

[@5055hunter]

Great list! I'm surprised the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago wasn't mentioned. Outstanding display of fossils, mummies, gems, medical and animal stuff.

[@oneminuteofmyday]

It’s one of my favorite museums. I’ve been there multiple times and it was amazing each time. I’ll add there is a sentimental aspect to it for me-seeing the little girl in my mother when she saw Bushman the Gorilla on display and told the people standing next to her that she used to see him at the zoo when he was alive. She was so happy about that gorilla. But the rest of the museum is awesome too! lol

[@anyawillowfan]

Can you please make this into a series focusing on different places - the UK, Australia, Europe, China, Japan, etc.