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Energy

Albuquerque, New Mexico

The Z Machine

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

Hatgal, Mongolia

Abandoned Petroleum Distribution Center

Traces of the thriving lake trade that once linked the Soviet Union with Mongolia.

Old gas holder.

Abandoned Gas Holder

These ruins are all that remain of Tortosa’s lost coal gas manufacturing industry.

The Bullitt Center

Seattle, Washington

The Bullitt Center

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

Istanbul, Turkey

Museum of Energy

This shuttered power plant is now Turkey's first industrial archaeology museum.

Larderello, a hotspot of geothermal power.

Stabilimenti, Italy

Devil's Valley

Once an ancient Roman bath, now a hotbed of geothermal energy and a hub for energetic innovations.

The Mid-America Windmill Museum, in Kendallville, Indiana.

The Iconic Windmills That Made the American West

They may look quaint, but these "wind engines" were innovative and technically profound.

Ryan Schnurr January 15, 2018

The Toaster at night.

Aachen, Germany

The Toaster

A distinctive former power plant turned university lecture hall looks like it could make you breakfast.

Staufen geothermal cracks 2016 (some repairs made between 2013-2016)

Staufen im Breisgau, Germany

The Cracking Buildings of Staufen

A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.

No Vin Diesel here—only coffee diesel.

London's Buses Are Getting a Boost From Coffee Fuel

No reports yet on tea-fueled buses.

Anne Ewbank November 21, 2017

Nashtifan, Iran

Nashtifan Windmills

The vertical-axis windmills of ancient Persia have been grinding flour for 1,000 years and counting.

Salzburg Almkanal, Städtischer Arm

Salzburg, Austria

Almkanal of Salzburg

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

Observers on a New York City rooftop, recording whether they saw totality for the Consolidated Gas survey in 1925.

How New York City's Electrical Utilities Observed the 1925 Eclipse

The predecessors to ConEdison wanted to know how an eclipse affected the grid.

Kelsey Kennedy August 21, 2017

McConnelsville, Ohio

Big Muskie Bucket

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

Unfinished church ruins.

Panenský Týnec, Czechia

The Unfinished Gothic Church of Panenský Týnec

The 14th-century ruins are said to contain healing powers.

An artist's idea of what the finished farm will look like.

China Is Building a Solar Farm Shaped Like a Cartoon Panda

It's cute and eco-friendly.

Eric Grundhauser July 7, 2017

Folsom, California

The Folsom Powerhouse

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

The Shambala.

Urgun, Mongolia

Khamriin Khiid

Mongolian Buddhists believe this monastery in the Gobi desert to be the center of the world's spiritual energy.