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This room in a love hotel incorporates an underwater scene. Others have themes including the White House, doctor's offices, and railway cars.
hotels

Japanese 'Love Hotels' Are Kind of Perfect for Pandemics

They're discreet to the point of secrecy—which also makes them socially distant.
Charlotte England November 12, 2020
Písek, Czechia

Městská Elektrárna v Písku (Písek Electricity Museum)

The oldest hydroelectric plant in Czechia is now a museum.
List

10 Places to See Silicon Valley History IRL

A low-tech look at the origins of high tech.
Anne Ewbank October 7, 2020
Portola Valley, California

Alpine Inn

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.
Santa Clara, California

Intel Museum

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.
National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa
Portici, Italy

National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa

The first Italian factory to produce locomotives is now a marvelous museum.
Rice cookers are an elegant solution to a tricky task.
food

The Battle to Invent the Automatic Rice Cooker

The biggest names in Japanese technology vied to bring them to market.
Anne Ewbank July 31, 2020
San Jose, California

IBM Building 025

A lonely monument to the original Silicon Valley tech campus.
Video • Object of Intrigue

A Former CIA Chief of Disguise Shows Off a Five-Second Mask

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An aerial photo taken on June 19, 2020, shows workers covering the Presena glacier with huge geotextile sheets in northern Italy.
mountains

An Italian Ski Resort Fights Glacial Melting With Giant Tarps

Climate change is shrinking Alpine glaciers. The tourism industry has a stake in keeping them around.
Joseph Winters June 29, 2020
San Jose, California

The Center of Santa Clara Valley

A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.
Drone, meet tuna.
oceans

Scientists Tracked Truly Enormous Tuna From Way Up in the Air

Drones helped researchers keep up with fish that are longer than a person and as fast as a car.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 10, 2020
A Ukrainian fort, as seen via spectral lidar.
archaeology

How to Scour the Landscape for Cultural Heritage From Your Home

Patience and the right resources are key.
Isaac Schultz June 2, 2020
This portrait of Jelani Alladin, a Broadway actor who is sheltering in place in New York City, was taken during a video chat.
photography

A Photographer's Guide to Creating Portraits From a Distance

Visual artists are working from home—with help from FaceTime and Zoom.
Grace Z. Li April 28, 2020
During the flu outbreak of 1918, phone operators took precautions—and many companies asked people to stay off the line.
epidemics

Why Telephone Companies Once Discouraged People From Chatting

Today phones have grown critical for making personal connections. The first phone companies probably wouldn't have been thrilled.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 9, 2020
The Birth of Radar Memorial
Northamptonshire, England

Birth of Radar Memorial

The first place where the scientific innovation known as radar was first demonstrated in Britain.
The inner-workings of an espresso machine on display at MUMAC.
Binasco, Italy

MUMAC Coffee Machine Museum

Get buzzed beholding one of the world's largest coffee-machine collections, then step into the café for a specially brewed cup.
From the “Greenhouse” series.
photography

Glowing Dutch Greenhouses, As Seen From Way Up High

Photographer Tom Hegen captures a bird's eye view of the future.
Winnie Lee January 28, 2020