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Construction in downtown Seattle.
technology

In Fast-Changing Seattle, an Effort Not to Forget the Past

A new project gathers the collective memory of places that no longer exist.
Sommer Mathis April 28, 2017
Mike Haar (left) and Michael A. Cumella, preparing for a set.
music

Last Century a DJ Saved My Life

New York City's oldest-school spinners are two phonograph-loving guys named Mike.
Cara Giaimo April 27, 2017
Mechanical Camel, invented by J. H. Kellogg
Battle Creek, Michigan

Dr. J.H. Kellogg Discovery Center

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.
Shaolin monk in the process of levitation
Zhengzhou, China

Shaolin Flying Monks Theatre

A magical work of architecture where a wind turbine enables monks to levitate.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve imagery
Freeport, Texas

Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve

This hollowed salt dome is the largest oil storage facility in the world, hoarding 250 million barrels of crude oil.
The church as it stands today.
Most, Czechia

Moved Church of Most

This Gothic church was wheeled in its entirety to a new location a half a mile away.
The gasometer is one of the oldest in the world.
Siegen, Germany

Ziegenberg Gasometer

One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.
The home movies (not pictured) were found in New Zealand.
news

Found: Old Scottish Home Movies From the 1970s—in New Zealand

How they got there is a mystery.
Erik Shilling April 18, 2017
The flameless cremation station at AquaGreen Dispositions.
death

Will 'Flameless Cremation' Catch On?

Bio-cremation techniques make burning the dead look old-fashioned. So what's stopping people from choosing it?
Eric Grundhauser April 13, 2017
It has been used in hundreds of experiments since 1971.
Athens, Ohio

John E. Edwards Particle Accelerator

A rare particle accelerator with a tremendous energy range is tucked away at Ohio University.
Lite Brite Neon Studio
Kingston, New York

Lite Brite Neon Studio

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.
A suction cup.
technology

The Strange Business of Suction Cups

“The suction cup holds it fast to anything the cup is stuck to," The New York Times said in 1925.
Ernie Smith March 29, 2017
The first Pirate Bay server
Linköping, Sweden

The First Pirate Bay Server

From under the bed of one of the co-founders, this server helped launch the notorious file-sharing website.
The project trailer, 1941.
Schoharie, New York

Site of the First Known Free Open-Air Motion Picture Presentation

A tiny village in Upstate New York ushered in the precursor to drive-in movies.
The Apple garage.
Los Altos, California

The Apple Garage

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.
Permanently Closed
Elvis is still in the building at the Museum of Outdated Technology.
Rockville, Maryland

Museum of Outdated Technology

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.
Edison poses by his phonograph in a photograph from 1878.
thomas edison

Making Fun of Thomas Edison

At his peak, newspapers loved to tease the inventor. They also feared him.
Cara Giaimo February 28, 2017
The Chemical Treatment Tower
Washington, D.C.

Washington Aqueduct Chemical Tower

Every drop of D.C. tap water flows through this old waterworks.