Make a Date with Baseball's Greats: Visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame

When you visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, head first to the Grandstand Theater on the second floor, where "The Baseball Experience," a 13-minute multimedia presentation, will immediately immerse you in the sights and sounds of America's pastime. The presentation elicits an emotional response even from non-fans. Baseball in America has always been a unique blend of story and sport, and you'll find yourself celebrating with victors, agonizing with losers, cheering for extraordinary feats and recalling your own baseball moments. There are few Americans who can say they've never donned a cap, sat in the bleachers, or swung a bat and hoped for the best.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame is located in Cooperstown, New York, largely because a commission appointed in 1905 concluded that the game was invented by Abner Doubleday in 1839 while he was a student in Cooperstown. While this conclusion has since been disputed, there's no arguing that Cooperstown is now the epicenter of all things baseball.