Wardenclyffe Laboratory is the last remaining research facility of Nikola Tesla, the famed Serb/Croat (he is claimed by both) physicist whose bold ideas about electricity led to the development of... »

Instruments of Science, Electrical Oddities, Retro-Tech, Incredible Ruins, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Trevor and Dylan

The JMSDF Submarine Museum's three-story brick building, opened in 2006, is dwarfed by the submarine Akishio, mounted on steel cradles between the museum and Kure's busy downtown street. The... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Unusual Monuments, Retro-Tech | Edited by spinkk, Dylan and others

In disaster movies, when the asteroid is hurtling towards earth, or the super volcano is about to blow, there is always a top-secret location where the president, government officials and... »

Retro-Tech, Disaster Areas, Incredible Ruins, Repositories of Knowledge, Subterranean Sites | Edited by and Dylan

The Earth wobbles slightly in its orbit, like a spinning top that draws ever-larger circles with its handle before it topples over. However, for our planet this process is extremely slow: the... »

Instruments of Science, Retro-Tech | Edited by Trevor and Dylan

As print is slowly killed (or at least deeply altered) by the advent of the Internet, relics of the early era of print become even more novel. In the early 1500s, the printing press was less than... »

Unique Collections, Retro-Tech | Edited by M Rebekah Otto and Dylan

Few amateur astronomers have enjoyed the success and fame of the brother and sister observing pair of William and Caroline Herschel. Together they were responsible for the discovery of one... »

Unique Collections, Inspired Inventions, Musical Wonders, Instruments of Science, Retro-Tech, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by Trevor

The National Center for the History of Electronic Games (NCHEG) is located at the Strong National Museum of Play, the only museum in the world solely dedicated to exploring the history of play and... »

Unique Collections, Retro-Tech | Edited by anhie

The Kristiansand Kanonmuseum is home to the world's largest fully functional land-mounted naval gun. Once a part of the Atlantikwall (Atlantic Wall), the Nazi's huge defensive line that ran... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Retro-Tech, Incredible Ruins, Subterranean Sites | Edited by vicphillipson and wythe

The collection of computers and related history at the Computer History Museum is the largest of its kind in the world, covering the history, evolution, and pre-history of computing devices. It... »

Unique Collections, Instruments of Science, Retro-Tech | Edited by Annetta and zardoz

The real measure of a telescope's power is not how greatly it can magnify a distant object, but what portion of that object's light the instrument actually collects. It's easy if you think of... »

Inspired Inventions, Instruments of Science, Retro-Tech | Edited by Trevor and wythe