Göttingen, Germany
Göttingen University Astronomy Collection
A collection of antique telescopes dot the halls of the university's astrophysics department.
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Göttingen, Germany
A collection of antique telescopes dot the halls of the university's astrophysics department.
Göttingen, Germany
A comedic homage to a beloved German actor.
Stockholm, Sweden
This small statue hints at the incorrect origins of the lush landscape park surrounding it.
Göttingen, Germany
One of the oldest student jails in Germany.
Toconao, Chile
This 18th-century tower is locally iconic.
Utrecht, Netherlands
The world's largest bicycle shelter can hold more than 12,500 two-wheelers.
Schönefeld, Germany
This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.
Garching bei München, Germany
This unique abacus hanging in the Technical University of Munich actually tells the time.
Garching bei München, Germany
A miniature model of what will be the world's largest telescope.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A surprisingly detailed model of the world's most powerful radio telescope.
Sierra Gorda, Chile
This abandoned nitrate town was repurposed as a dictator's prison.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A massive display of meteorites all found in the Atacama Desert.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
One of the world's most advanced radio observatories sprawls across the Atacama Desert.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
The ruins of a pre-Columbian fortress city so secure it held off the Spanish conquistadors for over 20 years.
Mejillones, Chile
This hidden pre-Columbian rock art depicts a whale hunt.
Dala-järna, Sweden
This restaurant gives a new meaning to farm-to-table cuisine.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A beautiful little bookshop located in the middle of a desert.
Copiapó, Chile
One of the world's most complete mineralogical collections.
Copiapó, Chile
A monument of the man who spurred Copiapó's silver mining industry.
Chile
The Chilean mountain is freckled with (relatively) small European telescopes.
Copiapó, Chile
South America's oldest surviving locomotive.
Antofagasta, Chile
Giant fake rocks that shielded Bond lie in wait for their next action scene.
Taltal, Chile
The antique vehicle is a preserved relic of Chile's nitrate mining industry.