Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.