Rented a bike yesterday, and took it over the Golden Gate Bridge!

It was extremely foggy, which added a nice "edge of the world" atmosphere...

In the 50s, there were plans of building a freshwater dam here.

They wanted to simulate the effects it would have, but couldn't do it in software yet.

So... they just built a hydraulic model of the entire Bay Area, in a scale of 1:1000!!! You can visit, it's huge!!

@blinry there was also a Mississippi River Basin model. It covered 200 acres! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River_Basin_Model
Mississippi River Basin Model - Wikipedia