Places Auros Harman Wants to Go

A curious collection of mechanical moving figures.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

An often-shuddersome journey into a low-tech, robotic themepark.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

For more than half a millennia, this automaton has rung an hourly bell.

A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.

At an estimated 3,800 years old, this olive tree is one of the oldest on earth.

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

A unique collection of more than 250 rocks and minerals located on a university campus.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.