321 Items Tagged

Industrial

Newark, Delaware

Curtis Mill Park

This wildflower meadow was once the site of America's oldest operating paper mill and a symbol of Newark's manufacturing past.

Bradford-on-Avon, England

The Iron Duke

This restored 19th-century calender, a machine used in rubber manufacturing, commemorates the town's local industry.

Inside Memorial Auditorium in Gary, Indiana. The auditorium was one of several landmarks damaged by fires set in the late 1990s.

What Can We Learn From the Ruins of Gary, Indiana?

Exploring deindustrialization.

Matthew Christopher May 3, 2024

St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Peavey-Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator

This unassuimng grain elevator, commonly confused for a smokestack, helped inspire the modern architecture movement.

Neodesha, Kansas

Norman No. 1 Replica Oil Well

This replica oil derrick stands where a tiny Kansas town struck big in 1852, kicking off America's biggest oil boom.

The old gasification plant in Gas Works Park, Seattle

25 Places to See the History of American Industry

From factories turned into parks to the preserved remains of mills and furnaces.

Jonathan Carey September 1, 2023

Fireflies glow along Japan's Hino River some 450 miles west of Tokyo.

How A ‘Firefly Course’ Is Saving Japan’s Favorite Glowing Insect

At the Moriyama City Firefly Forest Museum, nurturing Genji fireflies comes with homework.

Shoshi Parks July 25, 2023

Giant Wool Wagon

Kojonup, Australia

Giant Wool Wagon

This large replica wagon tells the story of the booming wool industry in this small Australian town.

Souther Tide Mill with Neponset River view

Quincy, Massachusetts

Souther Tide Mill

This mill played a key role in the region’s development and it is just one of ten along the east coast of the United States.

Nivea tins

Heidelberg, Germany

Deutsches Verpackungs-Museum

A small museum dedicated to the history and design of German packaging.

Hope Furnace

New Plymouth, Ohio

Hope Iron Furnace

The remains of a massive blast furnace in what was once one of the country's largest iron-producing regions.

The still-operating Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in Colorado is part of one of America's longest-lived narrow gauge networks.

The Historians Saving America’s Pint-Sized Railroads

From Maine to Alaska, narrow gauge is all the rage, including one of the most historic, Pennsylvania’s East Broad Top.

Justin Franz June 21, 2022

Wanlockhead Beam Engine

Wanlockhead, Scotland

Wanlockhead Beam Engine

The last water-powered beam pumping engine in Britain.

Podcast: Monongahela Incline

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team May 18, 2022

During his lifetime, Thomas Edison received more than one thousand patents. But when asked which of his many inventions was his favorite, Edison said, "I like the phonograph best. Doubtless this is because I love music."

objects of intrigue

Saving the Sounds of the Early 20th Century

Some recordings in the New York Public Library’s wax cylinder collection haven’t been heard in generations—until now.

Sarah Durn April 14, 2022

Podcast: The Kalamazoo Gals of the Old Gibson Guitar Factory

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team March 29, 2022

Groverake Mine

Rookhope, England

Groverake Mine

Only the headframes remain from this mining operation, once one of the largest in the region.

Podcast: Ford’s Folly

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team March 17, 2022