Repositories Of Knowledge

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

While most books are made of wood, these wooden books are truly made of, and all about wood.

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.