Places Added by Trevor David

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

This giant dish located in a sheep paddock was the primary receiver of Apollo 11 TV transmissions.

Site of the first official transatlantic wireless communications.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

England's "pier at the end of the universe" unites astronomy and contemporary architecture.

Old batteries and frog skeletons reside in this lakeside monument to Alessandro Volta.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.

Quirky Welsh observatory unites art and science.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.