The longest burning light bulb in the world.

A gathering of green robots at the Googleplex.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

This airfield played a key role in both World War II and the Cold War.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

800 apricot trees honor Silicon Valley's agricultural history.

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

Gander at model satellites and telescopes in this scientific lobby.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

This pair of unsuspecting buildings are in fact the very first modern skyscrapers in Europe.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

Watch cheese-flipping robots in action at this factory and museum.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

On the side of a building, a depiction of the woman who became a local legend by tossing soup out her window.