Places solarconstant Wants to Go

This edgy museum will whet your appetite for the industrial history of Western New York.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

A focal point of in Denver’s skyline for over a century, inspired by a Venetian basilica.

One of the last remaining railway viaducts equipped with a transporter ferry.

This Mexico City subway station will make you feel like you've been transported to the London Underground.

The last intact steam engine factory in the United States.

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.