Yorba Linda, California: Richard Nixon Museum and Birthplace

See Nixon's contingency speech in case the astronauts crashed on the moon. Board the helicopter he used to fly away from the presidency in disgrace. Also: the actual house in which he was born, and his grave, along with that of First Lady Pat Nixon.

President Nixon's birthplace home is at his Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, CA. Nixon's father ran a lemon farm here at the time of Richard's birth.

The Richard Nixon Museum has opened a new half-million-dollar permanent exhibit about Watergate. The National Archives assumed control of the Museum in 2007, and has gradually shifted the Museum's emphasis from Nixon cheerleading and apology to something closer to the truth (The new Watergate exhibit, for example, replaces an old, boring one that insisted that Nixon was "in no way connected" to the break-in).

It's a sad day for fans amused by historical sanitation, but there should still be a few laughs preserved. The Museum continues to display the Nixon Banishment Helicopter and the handgun given to Nixon by Elvis.

We've always enjoyed visits to the Richard Nixon Library And Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California. Displays such as a replica of the Alger Hiss pumpkin, and headphones to listen to the "smoking gun" Watergate tape, appeal to Nixon geeks like us....