Mountain View, California
Hangar One
One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.
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Mountain View, California
One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.
Alameda, California
After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.
San Jose, California
The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.
Mountain View, California
The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.
Portola Valley, California
The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.
Sonoma, California
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
Paris, France
This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.
Paris, France
The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.
Paris, France
"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.
Paris, France
A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
Paris, France
Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.
Paris, France
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Paris, France
Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."
Paris, France
A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.
Paris, France
A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.
Paris, France
Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.
Paris, France
An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Paris, France
Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.
Paris, France
Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.
Oxford, England
An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.
Oxford, England
An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.
Sluis, Netherlands
This museum is filled with an eclectic collection of unique inventions.
Brussels, Belgium
The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.