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An antique bike.

Bailleau-Armenonville, France

Musée Ateliers des Pionniers

A small museum of antique transport that's a must-see for bicycle lovers.

A scan of the world's oldest astrolabe.

Found: The Oldest Astrolabe Ever Discovered

It sank with a Portuguese ship in 1503.

Sarah Laskow October 25, 2017

The refinery at Oil Island.

Fagersta N, Sweden

Oil Island

Few would expect the world's oldest preserved oil refinery to be found in Sweden.

Merlin Satellite.

Cornwall, England

Goonhilly Earth Station

Arthur, Merlin, and Guinevere are among the largest and oldest satellite dishes on the planet.

The sign is blocked by overgrown weeds.

Arlington, Virginia

Pentagon Cable Crossing Sign

Please don’t anchor your boat onto the Department of Defense’s underwater data cables.

Surfing at the finals of Red Bull Unleashed.

Dolgarrog, Wales

Surf Snowdonia

Britain's only artificial surfing lake is nestled in the beautiful mountains of Wales.

A look inside the Depot.

London, England

London Transport Museum Depot

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

The 'electric dynamo' book conveying apparatus.

Washington, D.C.

Library of Congress Book Conveyor Tunnel

A fantastic array of trays and cables once whisked books over to the Capitol at 600 feet per minute.

Sputnik crash site marker

Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Sputnik IV Crash Site

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

Washington, D.C.

Legislative Bell System

An ear-piercing buzzer calls lawmakers to a vote with a series of long and short rings to form coded messages.

Northern Puerto Rico on September 26, 2017.

Help Puerto Rico Recover by Mapping Damaged Areas

Response workers need the best possible information to direct aid.

Sarah Laskow October 9, 2017

The Schiffshebewerk Niederfinow.

Niederfinow, Germany

Schiffshebewerk Niederfinow

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

Is Mother Nature's ultimate storage device the future of digital music?

Which Two Songs Are the First to Be Encoded Into the Fabric of Life?

Advances in synthetic DNA are offering a way to preserve music forever, like a fly in amber.

Natasha Frost September 29, 2017

Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim.

Sinsheim, Germany

Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim

It has an American Dream Car exhibit, Europe's largest Formula One collection, and many, many mannequins.

Drop Tower at night.

Bremen, Germany

Bremen Drop Tower

The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.

Barbed Wire Telephone Lines Brought Isolated Homesteaders Together

And then let them snoop on each other.

Natasha Frost September 25, 2017

Former fire station no 1 and its Watch Tower

Melbourne, Australia

Fire Services Museum of Victoria

A firefighting museum housed in a historic station whose Lookout Tower watches over Melbourne.

<em>Golf</em> was first released for the Famicom, the Japanese version of the NES.

A Hidden Vintage Game Has Been Found—Inside Nintendo's Latest Console

It's a secret tribute to a beloved former CEO.

Eric Grundhauser September 20, 2017