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Old Homosassa, Florida

Old Mill House Gallery & Printing Museum

Explore the history of printing in this unique museum owned by a longtime printer.
Great Bend, Kansas

Jack Kilby Square

In this rural town square, a unique statue honors the inventor of the microchip.
List

17 Places That Harness the Power of the Sun

From restaurants that run on solar ovens to the largest solar tower in the world.
Jonathan Carey March 22, 2024
At Lohmann's hatchery in Saint-Fulgent, France, eggs are scanned by machine to determine the sex of the embryo inside.
science

Cutting-Edge Tech Could Spare America’s Unwanted Chickens From Culling

"In-ovo sexing" would revolutionize the chicken industry, but consumers have to want it first.
Andrew Coletti March 12, 2024
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 02: An aerial view of graffiti spray painted by taggers on at least 27 stories of an unfinished skyscraper development located downtown, with Cryto.com Arena visible (LOWER R) on February 2, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Construction of the $1 billion Oceanwide Plaza luxury real estate development stalled in 2019 after a China-based developer ran out of funding leaving the three-tower project uncompleted. The project is located across the street from the Crypto.com Arena where the Grammy Awards will be held on February 4. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
abandoned

Wonder Is Everywhere: Vanilla Queens, an Ancient Arcade, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White February 16, 2024
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Historic Microsoft Headquarters Plaque

One of the world’s most powerful corporations was established on a random Albuquerque street corner.
Mountain View, California

Android Lawn Statues

A gathering of green robots at the Googleplex.
Okuno Building Manual Elevator
Tokyo, Japan

Okuno Building Manual Elevator

This atmospheric pre-war building is home to one of the few manually operated elevators left in Tokyo.
Mustahamba, Estonia

Communication and Laptop Museum

A small museum showcasing various communication equipment and laptops in the middle of the southeast Estonia countryside.
National Museum of Technology in Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland

National Museum of Technology in Warsaw

This museum houses and extensive collection of technology contributed by the Polish people.
Chanute, Kansas

Center of Google Earth Mural

A Google software engineer's Easter egg led to what may be the world's most unusual saved screenshot.
A stone house with red roof overlooking a green lawn as shown from the side.
Moultonborough, New Hampshire

Castle in the Clouds

The early 20th-century home features cutting-edge technology of the day, such as ammonia refrigeration and needle showers.
Some two dozen white tubes sit in front of a triangle lattice wall
Ibiza, Spain

Bibo Park Ibiza Botánico Biotecnológico

This Ibiza botanical garden showcases some wild machines that run on plants, literally.
At the high-tech military food center colloquially known as Natick Lab, R&D achievements include a vacuum microwave-dried cheeseburger (center top) and other shelf-stable meals.
science

How to Feed an Army

Go behind the scenes at the Massachusetts military lab engineering the fuel of the future.
Diana Hubbell May 12, 2023
One of the founders of Israel's Tractor Museum, the late Gideon Grosman, restores a small Murray plow.
engineering

How Farmers Are Preserving Israel’s Disappearing Agricultural Legacy—One Tractor At a Time

At the Tractor Museum, every machine has a story.
Gitit Ginat April 25, 2023
Nijmegen, Netherlands

Velorama National Bicycle Museum

The only bicycle museum in the Netherlands charts the invention of the now-ubiquitous two-wheeled machine.
The front of the furnace. Slag and molten iron were drawn out here.
Pine Swamp, Pennsylvania

Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

A well-preserved example of an early industrial operation in the northeastern United States.
Google Garage
Menlo Park, California

Google Garage

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin briefly ran their fledgling company from this Silicon Valley garage.