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Heart's Content, Newfoundland and Labrador

Heart’s Content Cable Station

The historic Newfoundland outpost where the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable made landfall.
Kingman, Arizona

Route 66 Electric Vehicle Museum

The world’s first museum dedicated solely to electric vehicles.
The Grateful Dead’s “Wall of Sound” on display in Las Vegas.
engineering

The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound Changed Live Music Forever

Filling four trucks and as loud as an airplane taking off, the Wall of Sound was the largest, most sophisticated sound system ever built. It nearly destroyed the band.
The Podcast Team June 23, 2025
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland

The Gasworks Museum

Former coal-powered facility turned museum.
Annapolis, Maryland

Governor Calvert House’s Hypocaust

A rare 18th-century heating system tucked inside a historic colonial home.
Lübeck, Germany

‘Datenträger’ (‘Data Carrier’)

Rusted humanoid clutching a laptop and trailing cables.
Stevens Point, Wisconsin

‘E Pluribus Unum’ Mural

This massive 286,200-tile mosaic was the largest mural of its kind in the United States and is an early example of computer-generated art.
Vienna, Austria

Computer und Gaming Museum Wien

Housed in a former air raid shelter, this museum is dedicated to the history of computing and video games.
Germany’s North and Baltic Seas are littered with munitions from World War I and World War II.
military history

Bombs Litter the Baltic Sea—Now Robots Are on Cleanup Duty

In the wake of war, the Baltic was used as a munitions dumping ground. Now, an ambitious cleanup is underway.
Paul Hockenos September 23, 2024
Hoyerswerda, Germany

ZCOM Hoyerswerda

A unique museum that explores the history of computing and digital culture in East Germany.
Old Homosassa, Florida

Old Mill House Gallery & Printing Museum

Explore the history of printing in this unique museum owned by a longtime printer.
Great Bend, Kansas

Jack Kilby Square

In this rural town square, a unique statue honors the inventor of the microchip.
List

17 Places That Harness the Power of the Sun

From restaurants that run on solar ovens to the largest solar tower in the world.
Jonathan Carey March 22, 2024
At Lohmann's hatchery in Saint-Fulgent, France, eggs are scanned by machine to determine the sex of the embryo inside.
science

Cutting-Edge Tech Could Spare America’s Unwanted Chickens From Culling

"In-ovo sexing" would revolutionize the chicken industry, but consumers have to want it first.
Andrew Coletti March 12, 2024
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 02: An aerial view of graffiti spray painted by taggers on at least 27 stories of an unfinished skyscraper development located downtown, with Cryto.com Arena visible (LOWER R) on February 2, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Construction of the $1 billion Oceanwide Plaza luxury real estate development stalled in 2019 after a China-based developer ran out of funding leaving the three-tower project uncompleted. The project is located across the street from the Crypto.com Arena where the Grammy Awards will be held on February 4. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
abandoned

Wonder Is Everywhere: Vanilla Queens, an Ancient Arcade, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White February 16, 2024
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Historic Microsoft Headquarters Plaque

One of the world’s most powerful corporations was established on a random Albuquerque street corner.
Mountain View, California

Android Lawn Statues

A gathering of green robots at the Googleplex.
Okuno Building Manual Elevator
Tokyo, Japan

Okuno Building Manual Elevator

This atmospheric pre-war building is home to one of the few manually operated elevators left in Tokyo.