Science

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.

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

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

A large spinning bath of liquid mercury, used to probe the early universe.

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

Physicist’s epitaph provides final confirmation to a career of turmoil.

Started nearly 100 years ago, this science experiment just keeps on going, ever so slowly.

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.