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Peace Bridge
Calgary, Alberta

Peace Bridge

With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.
subterranean

Meet the Fatbergs

Digging into the science of three cities' sewer-clogging blobs.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 20, 2018
The mounds were once hidden by the forest.
tunnels

Northeast Brazil Is Dotted With Millions of Enormous Termite Mounds

The soaring cones cover a landscape nearly the size of Great Britain.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 19, 2018
The prototype and its copies will remain under lock and key—and under two bell jars.
objects of intrigue

So Much Used to Depend on a Small Metal Cylinder in a Vault in France

The life and death of the physical prototype of the kilogram.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 16, 2018
Hemel Hempstead, England

Magic Roundabout

A giant roundabout made up of six smaller roundabouts can befuddle the uninitiated.
The <em>Sabino</em> on the Mystic River at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut.
engineering

This 110-Year-Old Steamboat Is a Floating History Lesson

"Sabino" is the oldest wooden, coal-burning steamboat that still operates in the United States.
Maria Gallucci November 2, 2018
Telgárt, Slovakia

Chmarošský Viaduct

A gorgeous stone viaduct crosses over a bucolic valley.
Kawazu-Nanadaru Loop Bridge.
Kawazu, Japan

Kawazu Nanadaru Loop Bridge

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.
Abandoned Gold Rush ships in San Francisco Bay, 1849.
ships

A Century Ago, Wood-Eating Worms Devastated San Francisco Bay

The battle against them is still being waged today.
Matthew Taub October 15, 2018
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mitchell Park Domes

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.
Çamlik Railway Museum.
Selçuk, Turkey

Çamlik Railway Museum

This beautiful train graveyard is one of the largest collections of steam locomotives in the Mediterranean and Europe.
The B-1 Flat Top at the American Museum of Science and Energy.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

B-1 Flat Top in Oak Ridge

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.
Hòa Vang, Vietnam

Golden Bridge

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.
engineering

How a California Landfill Became a Landmark

Getting historical recognition for a dump can be a messy process.
Andy Wright July 27, 2018
Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory

One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.
Shaky Bridge.
Trenton, New Jersey

Shaky Bridge

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.
The restored clock in 2018.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Sculpture Clock

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.
The view of the dam and the valley behind.
Vilminore di Scalve, Italy

Gleno Dam

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.