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Cheverie, Nova Scotia

Camera Obscura

Experience the magic (and science) of a camera with this giant structure that allows you to enter inside the camera.
Flinders Street Railway Station Photo Booth
Melbourne, Australia

Flinders Street Railway Station Photo Booth

This classic photo booth was saved from destruction by the local community.
The Free Range Film Barn.
Wrenshall, Minnesota

Free Range Film Barn

This century-old barn is home to a homey, eclectic film festival.
Cliff railway.
Aberystwyth, Wales

Constitution Hill

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.
Lookout.
Workington, England

Lookout

This unique sculptural clock transforms into a periscope every hour.
Supersense.
Vienna, Austria

Supersense

A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.
Walking Box Ranch front view
Searchlight, Nevada

Walking Box Ranch

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.
<em>Media Burn</em>, by John Turner
cars

Why is This Space-Age Car Slamming into a Wall of Flaming TVs?

How a photographer landed an iconic shot of the 1975 performance piece "Media Burn."
Andy Wright January 4, 2017
The Pepacton Reservoir diversion tunnel drill crew, photographed on September 29, 1948.
waterworks

The Final Christmas of 4 Catskills Villages Flooded to Create Reservoirs

You can take a shower in NYC today because the city sank a few hamlets.
Andy Wright December 20, 2016
A farmer drives his flock of turkeys down a Norfolk road to market, c. 1931.
animals

Back When Your Thanksgiving Dinner Walked Hundreds of Miles to Market

The forgotten history of turkey drives.
Andy Wright November 23, 2016
spies

North Korean Officials Had No Idea What Their Hostages Were Signaling in This Photo

The story of 83 American captives and the "Digit Affair."
Andy Wright November 16, 2016
The blimp crash of August 16, 1942, in Daly City California.
31 days of halloween

The 1942 Ghost Blimp That Bewildered a California Town

The remains of the missing crew were never found.
Andy Wright October 17, 2016
Babies from South Vietnam on a flight to the U.S. during "Operation Babylift".  (Photo: Jean-Claude Francolon/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images)
vietnam war

After the Vietnam War, America Flew Planes Full of Babies Back to the U.S.

Operation Babylift had some problems, though.
Andy Wright September 21, 2016
Miami Metrozoo flamingos, riding out Hurricane Andrew.
zoos

The Story Behind the Most Famous Photo from Hurricane Andrew

How do you keep a flamingo flock safe in a major storm?
Cara Giaimo September 6, 2016
espionage

The Wildly Misunderstood Photos of Hitler in Disguise

The legend of how a make-up artist reimagined the German dictator blossomed in the internet age.
Andy Wright August 17, 2016
film

Will We Ever Know Who Staged This Mysterious Moon Ballet?

A snap from the set of a 1950 sci-fi film has set off a seven-year hunt.
Lauren Young August 4, 2016
military history

The Man Who Took This Photo Was Accused of Being an Enemy of the State

A look back at the Young Pioneers of Soviet Russia.
Tao Tao Holmes July 6, 2016
On May 27, 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge officially opened with an unusual variation on the traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony.
bridges

The Story Behind the Most Baffling Photo Taken on the Golden Gate Bridge

Why San Francisco’s mayor brought a blowtorch to open the city's new bridge.
Erik Shilling June 15, 2016