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Inspired Inventions
Constantly maintained, this organ is playing the world's longest piece of music
A former convent for Cistercian nuns, the Sankt Burchardi Church is home to one amazing musical instrument. The automatic organ tucked away in the church is in the process of playing "As Slow As... »
Inspired Inventions, Musical Wonders | Edited by Nicholas Jackson
A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force
The year was 1952 and the Cold War was in full chill. The House Un-American Activities Committee was looking for "reds under beds," while teenage boys read science fiction comics and watched... »
Inspired Inventions, Retro-Tech | Edited by canuck, Dylan and others
The site of a strange super top-secret military experiment during WWII on a remote Canadian lake
Geoffrey Pyke had a simple idea. Geoffrey Pyke had been considering the problem of how to protect seaborne landings and Atlantic convoys out of reach of aircraft cover. The problem was that steel... »
Inspired Inventions | Edited by canuck and Dylan
"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer
Deep in the hills of Austria lies Franz Gsellmann's Weltmaschine (World Machine). With no formal mechanical or artistic training, Gsellmann spent the last 23 years of his life creating a behemoth... »
Outsider Art, Inspired Inventions | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others
Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo
Baščaršija is the main tourist attraction of Sarajevo. Located in the very heart of the city, this bazaar is one of Sarajevo's oldest wards as well as a well-preserved example of oriental... »
Inspired Inventions, Architectural Oddities | Edited by stanestane, Dylan and others
These machines have been collecting dust for decades
Tucked away in a not-so-dusty corner of Stark's Vacuum Cleaner Sales & Service in downtown Portland is a collection that would make any prop master, house wife, or history buff slobber with... »
Unique Collections, Inspired Inventions, Electrical Oddities | Edited by jamesb, wythe and others