Electricity

Pause in an abandoned hydroelectric station, now overrun with wildlife, to consider a thought-provoking poem.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

A unique collection of electric insulators on display in a former transformer station.

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

After visiting hours, this picturesque waterfall is essentially turned "off" to be used for hydroelectric power.

The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.

Its vast collection of wondrous gadgets details the fascinating history of information technology.

An annual festival full of illuminated replicas of iconic landmarks from around the world.

In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.