Bletchley, England
National Museum of Computing
Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.
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Bletchley, England
Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.
Ware, England
Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.
Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.
Budapest, Hungary
A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.
Inverness, Scotland
The Titanic sails again in one Scotland man's backyard.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.
Křtiny, Czechia
Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.
Sark, Guernsey
The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.
Guernsey
Underground hospital complex constructed by slave laborers during the German occupation of the Channel Islands.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Boscastle, England
The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Shoreham, New York
An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Murmansk, Russia
The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Istra, Russia
A dormant lightning machine equal to all the power in Russia.