Technology

This fishing contraption sits on top of a series of spindly wooden stilts.

A tribute to the builder(s) of Bitcoin.

Only a few pieces remain of a grand 16th-century water clock that once announced the changing hours with the sound of bells, gongs, and drums.

Though it looks like a golf ball teed up for a hit, this hilltop station is actually used to monitor air traffic.

A historic gristmill that still produces flour and grits the old-fashioned way.

An interactive museum dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the home computer.

Little has changed in the way that this mill operates since the 18th-century.

Invented in the mid-19th century, this machine could send copied images via telegraph lines.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.