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."

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[unterderbrucke]

One scientist goes around the world tracking advances in semiconductor physics [britneyspears.ac]. She's hot too!

How about Iraq?

[The Bungi]

They have these facilities with huge high-speed centrifuges. They use them to make baby formula I think, but maybe they're interesting nonetheless.

Just look out for white trucks with a 'UN' logo.

This may come back to haunt me but...

[waterford0069]

I designed my honeymoon around a trip to the east coast of Canada so that I could see the Confederation Bridge up close, take pictures for the engineers in my family, and drive over it.

Of course I didn't tell my wife that. She saw it as an opportunity to visit the Anne of Green Gables tourist traps and see several historical sites in the area.

I'd call that a win-win situation.

However, I would like to visit the sites of some engineering failures. I would love to go and scuba dive on the old Tacoma Narrows Bridge (high currents and all).