Most state capitols have a history museum. Some or good, some are... not. The one in Columbia SC is *very* good. :)
Some photos from an afternoon at the museum.
The museum
Inside the museum
Lifesize reconstruction of a Megalodon shark, thirty feet long
Albertosaurus
Glyptodon
Dugout canoe. Carved from a single cypress log, it was never finished.
“Best Friend of Charleston”, a locomotive from 1820
Fullscale replica of the Confederate submarine CSS Hunley
Dobbey power loom
Early telephone switchboard
1903 Oldsmobile
Early TV sets
Apollo moon suit
How a laser works