Science

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

A collection of venomous snakes and reptiles for the whole family to enjoy.

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Located within one of Israel's most picturesque monasteries is also the country's first meteorological research station.

Israel's premiere solar energy research facility provides energy to nomads.

A giant gun barrel in Barbados that once hoped to shoot outer space with science.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

An unassuming grey box sitting on San Francisco's Pier 17 is a "sky diary" of the coastal city's temperamental weather.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.

This observatory comes complete with three separate telescopes and a dedicated community of amateur and expert astronomers.

An extraordinary mechanical calculator designed by the mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.