Stockholm, Sweden
Olof Palme Memorial Plaque
A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Wamego, Kansas
Wamego LSD Missile Silo
During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.
Portland, Oregon
The Zymoglyphic Museum
Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.
Portland, Oregon
Reed College Research Reactor
World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.
Portland, Oregon
Rimsky-Korsakoffee House
Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.
Middlesboro, Kentucky
Tri-State Peak
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.
Franconia, New Hampshire
The Frost Place
A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.
Franconia, New Hampshire
Old Man of the Mountain Profiler Plaza
A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.
Lerwick, Scotland
'Shetland Receivers'
This audio art installation pays tribute to the weather and unique linguistic history of the archipelago.
Braintree, England
The 'Gants' of Braintree
You won't find these curiously named passageways anywhere else in England.
York, England
The Snickelways of York
This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.
Clarence, New York
Greatbatch Barn
This exhibit pays tribute to the “humble tinkerer” who invented the implantable pacemaker.
San Jose, California
The Center of Santa Clara Valley
A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.
Mountain View, California
The Real Birthplace of Silicon Valley-The Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory
The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.
Geneva, Switzerland
United Nations Ceiling
This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.
Meyrin, Switzerland
'Wandering the Immeasurable'
CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.
Meyrin, Switzerland
CERN
Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
Mexico City, Mexico
Fonoteca Nacional
Mexico's National Sound Library houses music, recordings, and voices from the nation's rich past.
Palo Alto, California
Pneumatic Tube System at Stanford University Hospital
Four miles of pipelines form the model of still-functioning retro-tech efficiency.
Newport, Rhode Island
Hidden Train in a Cherub Relief
An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport Cliff Walk
Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.
Meyrin, Switzerland
Birthplace of the Web
The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.
Stanford, California
Dymaxion Chronofile
An archive of nearly every day of Buckminster Fuller's life.
Norwich, England
Norwich Keyboard
This imprint of an old computer keyboard has a unique backstory.
