Cuba’s railway system has been a source of historical significance for the country, and the locomotive museum seated beside the Central Railroad Station is a testament to its legacy. In the 19th... »

Museums and Collections, Inspired Inventions | Edited by katiebaker4 and Rachel

Part funhouse part learning center, Camera Obscura and the World of Illusions is five floors of perspective-bending fun. Operating for over 150 years, it is Edinburgh's oldest purpose built... »

Strange Science, Inspired Inventions, Instruments of Science, Optical Oddities, Mazes | Edited by JocksAway, Dylan and others

The cryptic click-click-clicking of the corpus clock comes primarily from its disquieting locust escapement, grinding away the hours as its gaping mouth moves in the effort to live up to the... »

Inspired Inventions, Astounding Timepieces, Amazing Automata | Edited by DrArroganto and Rachel

When your grade-school science teacher described the various methods one can use to construct a telescope, drilling countless holes a mile and a half deep into Antarctic ice probably wasn't one of... »

Inspired Inventions, Instruments of Science, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Mark_Casey, Rachel and others

A magic lantern, the earliest known slide projector, dates all the way back to the late 1600s. Athanasius Kircher, a German Jesuit scholar of geology and medicine, first published his study of the... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Inspired Inventions, Amazing Automata | Edited by AnnaFiddler and Rachel

Orfield Laboratories in South Minneapolis is the home of “the quietest place on earth,” as recorded in the Guinness World Records. (It also happens to share the same building as the recording... »

Strange Science, Inspired Inventions, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by katiebaker4, Rachel and others

Sailing is a gentlemen's sport, and rowing attracts world-class athletes, but a waterborne race where one can do whatever they want? That's where the real challenge lies. At least that's the... »

Watery Wonders, Inspired Inventions, Wondrous Performances | Edited by Mark_Casey and Rachel

Harold Edgerton possessed a long and impressive list of accomplishments and triumphs in the worlds of science and the arts and may be best recognized in popular culture for his striking Life... »

Strange Science, Inspired Inventions, Instruments of Science, Obscura Day Location | Edited by Rachel and camillabrinkman

Leave your driver's license at the office of the senior center in Santa Monica and in return you will receive a key to the camera obscura at the top of the stairs. Inside a small room, you... »

Inspired Inventions, Optical Oddities | Edited by Rachel and Dylan

Pratt Institute was founded in 1887, in the midst of the Industrial Revolution. Due to the advancements in technology, the school was able to build its own steam-powered electrical plant the... »

Inspired Inventions, Cultures and Civilizations | Edited by HJHausman, Annetta and others