Geek Sightseeing Destinations
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Pigeon Point Lighthouse, San Francisco, California, US
Named after the clipper ship Carrier Pigeon which ran aground in 1853, Pigeon Point and its lighthouse is a great day out for lovers of history, nature and navigation. [Read More]
Bandai Museum, Tokyo, Japan
For fans of comic, manga and Bandai culture, this museum is about as good as it gets. [Read More]
Solae, Inazawa City, Japan
Solae towers over Inazawa and is one of the most strangely-beautiful buildings we’ve ever seen — with a fairly curious purpose. [Read More]
Underground Tour, Seattle, Washington, United States
Seattle has an extensive underground system, much of which was above ground in the mid-nineteenth century, and this tour is undoubtedly the best way to see it. [Read More]
Gravelly Point Park, Arlington, Virginia, United States
Located just north of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., Gravelly Point Park is a fantastic place for watching planes take off and land as they pass right overhead. [Read More]
Switch Restaurant, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Switch is a steak restaurant with a surprising twist — the high-tech walls completely transform the restaurant every 25 minutes. [Read More]
Millennium Tour, Stockholm, Sweden
The Millennium Tour is a must for die-hard fans of the Stieg Larsson novels — a walk around Larsson’s city, the base for most of the action from his heroes Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander. [Read More]
Folsom Powerhouse, California, United States
The Folsom Powerhouse was one of the first working examples of hydroelectric power in the world, all the more impressive considering that was back in 1895. [Read More]
Gundam Cafe, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan
If you’re into all things Bandai or anime, this is the cafe for you — it’s the brand’s first official cafe and its in the centre of Tokyo’s geek mecca Akihabara. [Read More]
Seikan Tunnel, Japan
The Seikan Tunnel is a miracle of engineering — it’s the longest undersea tunnel in the world and also the deepest tunnel in the world, bored using dynamite and mechanical picks as the automatic tunnel boring machines weren’t suited to the rock type. [Read More]
