Instruments Of Science

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

The world's largest rotating world.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

A tiny islet just off Long Island offers a wealth of infectious curiosities.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Typewriter museum housing more than 1,500 machines preserves the history of the grandfather of computers.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.