Seeking Interesting Sites When Travelling the World?

An anonymous reader asks: "Is there anyone besides me who likes to travel and look at engineering projects? When I first read Neal Stephenson's Wired article on his trip around the world to watch an intercontinental fiber cable being built from England to Japan (still available at HotWired) I knew this was what I wanted to do with my vacation days. Space launch sites, high-speed rail lines, container ports, technology museums - I've tried them all. Does Slashdot have suggestions for destinations, or for web sites where people share their experiences."

Comments

Society for Industrial Archeology

[sphealey]

You might want to take a look at the Society for Industrial Archeology. They sponser conferences and tours that do exactly this, as well as publishing several neat newsletters and journals.

sPh

Chicago Museum of Science and Industry

[drenehtsral]

I'd vote for teh Chicago Museum of Science and Industry (see the everything2 node). It's cool, they have a WW2 U-Boat you can tour, the first desil-electric bullet train in the U.S., some cool airplanes, an engine from a V2 rocket, some cool old cars, a complete scale model of all the railroad connections in Chicago, and much much more...

In general, it rules, and it's only $9 to get in for the day.

If in Ottawa try this museum:

[saskboy]

Canada Science and Technology Museum

I went twice this year, and it has everything from trains, to boats, to satelites.

SIA !

[Lt Razak]

I would check out SIA

A group of us used to do the same thing you mentioned, and we've been to their conferences and tours. One of our friends subscribed to all their newsletters and journals, and passed them around. The ads in there alone will point you to other organizations just like it. It's amazing.

I smiled while reading your description of awe-inspiring marvels of the world. I must say that being able to run a 5K race on the Great Wall of China was most amazing experience I've ever had.

Visit a Linear Accelerator...

[dagg]

I've yet to do it... but I might do it now that I found the link to it:

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

You'll drive right over the top of the accelerator if you drive between San Francisco and San Jose via I280.