Feast on a traditional French prix fixe at this bistro, which offers three courses for $22, Sunday–Thursday.
Visitors will learn about the deep space antennas used for radio astronomy as well as communications to interplanetary spacecraft and satellites. The other 2 DSN locations are in Spain & Australia. Leggi tutto.
Any bar with its own brewery is fine by us! Be sure to check out the monthly specials for some delicious Irish fare!
The Octagon House was built by William McElroy in 1861. His letter "To Future Ages" and newspapers accompanying it, which were discovered in a box under the stairs during restoration, are on display.
The museum was designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta who also designed the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Dr. Fleming founded the Center in her backyard in 1945. Today, the facility spans more than 22,500 sq ft and attracts 180,000+ visitors a year. The Schuele Planetarium building was added in 1968. Leggi tutto.
The park opened in 1971 & is the world's largest and most visited recreational resort. Walt Disney passed away before he saw his vision of Disney World completed.
The iconic bridge (opened 1894) still gives priority to river traffic, and is raised on average 3 times a day. In 1997 it split the motorcade of US President Bill Clinton, causing some alarm.
The tour is every hour on the half-hour and a major part of the visit. Don't skip it! (I wasn't crazy about the film part though) Leggi tutto.
This Inn was built in 1716 and became an operating hotel in 1889. One of the original structures on the site was used to store arms and provisions prior to the War of Independence.
This flea market started in 1960 with only 20 sellers and about 100 customers, but since then has hosted more than 6,000 sellers in the quarter mile produce line.
SAN, dedicated in 1928, is also known as Lindbergh Field. San Diego was the city from which Charles Lindbergh began the journey that would become the first solo transatlantic flight.
The Mirage was built on the site formerly occupied by the Castaways & the Red Rooster Nite Club. The hotel's distinctive gold windows get their color from actual gold used in the tinting process.
Get ready to smash your friends at this cool bowling alley! Remember life's more fun when you're keeping score!
The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937, & has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and CA.
London Bridge was once crowded with buildings and prone to fires. It survived the 1666 Great Fire because an earlier fire had destroyed houses at the north end, creating a fire break!
NASA is involved in weather research and now you can too! Experience natural disasters while learning the science behind them in Disasterville & produce your own meteorology newscast in WeatherQuest. Leggi tutto.
Just six months after opening the Flamingo, mobster "Bugsy" Siegel was murdered in Los Angeles, a slaying reportedly ordered by Siegel's mafia bosses to effect a change in management at the Flamingo.
Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of the television, had these steps dedicated in his honor near the house he lived in while he was developing the first all-electric "television system" in the late 1920s.
The museum includes cures for anything that ails you including voodoo potions & other weird medicines. The City of New Orleans operated the museum from 1950-1987, it's now run by a non profit org.
With over 60,000 visitors every year, it is one of Seattle's most popular museums, & preserves & promotes the history of the Pacific NW. The museum houses a vast collection of artifacts from the area.
Adam McKay, co-founder of Funny or Die (a 2011 Most Innovative Company), was also a founding member of this comedy club, whose alumni include Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, and Jack McBrayer.
Google's co-founders park their personal planes (including a 767) at a field here in exchange for a hefty fee, and permission to let the government use the planes to conduct scientific experiments.
The hotel opened in 1888 as the largest resort hotel in the world and the first to use electrical lighting. It was declared a historic landmark in 1977. Rooms 3502 and 3327 are reported to be haunted!
It is said that on this island in 1215, King John signed the great charter in front of his barons, laying a founding stone of the English constitution. Others say it happened in the nearby meadow.
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab helped to build the Space Exploration exhibit. Highlights include a Mars rover Curiosity replica, rocket fuel station, rocket launch station, and real RS-68 booster engine. Leggi tutto.
The Chrysler Building was built at an average rate of four floors per week & was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931.
