In 1949, Keynsian economist Bill Phillips (father of the Phillips curve) built the financephalograph, also known as the “Moniac.” Using water to represent money, the massive hydraulic model of the... »

Strange Science, Instruments of Science, Marvelous Maps and Measures | Edited by Dylan

Were you to drive on Maine's Interstate 295 through Yarmouth, it would be next to impossible to miss Eartha. Eartha, housed in a three-story glass gallery at DeLorme Headquarters, is the... »

Small Worlds and Model Towns, Astounding Timepieces, Instruments of Science, Marvelous Maps and Measures | Edited by Dylan and michelle

Percival Lowell, of the well-known Lowell family in Boston, was an early 20th century astronomer who popularized the belief that Mars was home to an advanced, technological civilization. Like... »

Strange Science, Instruments of Science, Marvelous Maps and Measures | Edited by Trevor

In the world's fourth-largest scale model of the solar system, a million miles are condensed into 42 feet. Visitors interested in scaled-down interplanetary travel can begin their journey at the... »

Miniatures, Small Worlds and Model Towns, Instruments of Science, Marvelous Maps and Measures | Edited by Josh and Henry

In 1930, Boston architect Chester Lindsay Churchill was commissioned to design the new Christian Science Publishing Society headquarters to compete with the other grand newspaper headquarters of... »

Unusual Monuments, Small Worlds and Model Towns, Inspired Inventions, Instruments of Science, Marvelous Maps and Measures, Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Josh, Dylan and others

Tucked away in the peaceful Swiss countryside, deep underground under vineyards and gentle slopes of Jura mountains, lies the place which should have a special spot on the map of the world wide... »

Strange Science, Instruments of Science, Marvelous Maps and Measures | Edited by stanestane

The Sweden Solar System is the world's largest model of our planetary system, at a scale of 1:20 million. The sun is represented by the Globe Arena in Stockholm, the largest spherical building in... »

Natural History, Small Worlds and Model Towns, Instruments of Science, Marvelous Maps and Measures | Edited by Dylan and jiblite

From a distance it looks like a parking lot filled with oversized television antennae. In actually it is the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program or HAARP, a government research facility... »

Strange Science, Instruments of Science, Electrical Oddities, Marvelous Maps and Measures | Edited by Dylan and re_nakaba

Until the 19th century, globes often came as a pair--a world globe and a matching celestial globe. One can’t help but observe the admirable craft and beauty that was once devoted to these small... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Inspired Inventions, Instruments of Science, Marvelous Maps and Measures | Edited by Dylan, Jpsf and 3 others