Inventors

The birthplace of the man who patented the cotton gin and pioneered interchangeable parts.

A plaque on the side of a building is a small tribute to the woman who invented an iconic Berlin fast food.

A plaque marks the former home of Käthe Paulus, an aerial acrobat who invented the modern folding parachute.

Thomas Edison's home and final resting place also boasts an impressive garage, where some of the earliest electric cars are on display.

Today's aerospace industry can be traced back to one man and his gliders.

The final resting place of the man whose name has become synonymous with greatness.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

This exhibit pays tribute to the “humble tinkerer” who invented the implantable pacemaker.

A memorial to a dizzying sports device and its creator.

This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

This riverfront statue honors the inventor of the first video games ever sold.

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.