Observatories

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

A detailed 1:32 scale model of Scandinavia's largest telescope.

One of only five observatories in the world built to measure the Earth's wobble.

A surprisingly detailed model of one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.

A self-taught astronomer fell in love with the stars and built his own observatory in Colombia.

This magical place built as an astronomical center starred as a James Bond villain's lair.

A sophisticated astronomical tower built by one of the greatest Persian scholars of the Islamic Golden Age.

Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.

The first museum dedicated to exploring humanity's cultural relationship with the celestial world.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

The largest radio telescope in the world searches for extraterrestrial life from the remote limestone peaks of southern China.

This observatory high on a hilltop in the center of Santiago got its start in 1852.