Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Foucault Pendulum at the Franklin Institute
A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.
Upton, England
A magnificent mansion hides a delightful collection of historic timepieces.
Denver, Colorado
Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
Berkeley, England
The "father of immunology" used this humble hut to offer the local people some of the world's first free vaccinations.
Waco, Texas
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
Dallas, Texas
A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.
Dallas, Texas
A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.
Dallas, Texas
A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.
Dallas, Texas
This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.
Fort Worth, Texas
The world's second-longest burning light bulb.
Fort Worth, Texas
A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.
Fort Worth, Texas
The man who wasn't there.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Fort Worth, Texas
Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.
Texas City, Texas
This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.
Llano, Texas
This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.
Austin, Texas
Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."
San Antonio, Texas
This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.
Tyler, Texas
A mysterious drive-in nestled in the forest that leaves little to the imagination.
San Antonio, Texas
Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.
Marble Falls Township, Texas
Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.
Mineral Wells, Texas
Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.
Houston, Texas
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.