Observatories

This little-known telescope was the world’s second largest when it was built in 1935.

Once built to inspire young Soviet minds through astronomy, this dome now stands as a quiet relic of a vanished era.

The highest point in Denmark has been a matter of dispute for over 80 years.

Just outside Tokyo, a 45-story-high observatory with a stunning view of Tokyo Skytree and Mount Fuji.

The first radio telescope dedicated to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

The place nearest Seoul where it’s easy to get a good look at North Korea.

One of Canada's premier radio observatories sits in a radio-quiet valley outside Penticton.

In the high desert east of Bend, the University of Oregon maintains a research observatory on a remote mountain peak.

An observatory with a 54-meter-wide radio telescope sits in the mountains of Armenia.

This Idaho state park boasts the tallest single-structured sand dune in North America.

This Belgian observatory bears a striking resemblance to Futurama's Planet Express building.

Peer into the night sky with one of Norway's oldest associations of land-based space explorers.

Safely view the Soufrière Hills volcano, which has been erupting since 1995.

An amateur telescope-making club has been gathering at this Vermont site for more than a century.

The headquarters of one of Japan’s leading astronomy research institutions features several historic observatory facilities and a 2,000-year-old burial mound.

Walk down these stairs to get an underwater view of Switzerland's Lake Zug.