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Geeky sites and sights in ABQ?

I'm putting together a list of geeky places to go around Albuquerque and New Mexico. I'm thinking of places like the Telephone Museum, Tinkertown, and the space monkey grave in Alamogordo. What offbeat and geeky places do you folks know about?

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Permalink Reply by Kelly on February 22, 2012 at 2:40pm

The building on Linn NE where Bill Gates and Steve Allen started Microsoft.

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Permalink Reply by Edith Grove on February 22, 2012 at 3:49pm

That's a good one. I know there's a plaque there that talks about it.

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Permalink Reply by Hunter on February 22, 2012 at 7:25pm

Steve Allen, really. The one from Common Cause or The Tonight Show?

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Permalink Reply by Kelly on February 23, 2012 at 9:57am

Paul Allen. Pardon me.

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Permalink Reply by Hunter on February 23, 2012 at 10:58am

I was just kidding, really. The point to be made is that is the kind of investment we need in our community that really pays off long term. Not call centers or promoters who claim they can produce solar panels cheaper than China. Of course, it's worth noting that Paul Allen was an investor in Eclipse Aviation so you can't win them all.

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Permalink Reply by Phil_0 on February 22, 2012 at 4:43pm

Space chimp. Please.

I would also add the Nuke Museum and the Biology, Anthropology, and Geology Museums on the UNM campus (very small, very science-y), Los Alamos is full of geeky sights, not all of them nuke-related...

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Permalink Reply by Edith Grove on February 22, 2012 at 5:06pm

True, I just keep thinking of the John Prine song.

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Permalink Reply by Brian on February 22, 2012 at 8:02pm

http://www.blackholesurplus.com/products.html

The Black Hole, Los Alamos. Nuclear industry thrift store.

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Permalink Reply by Sun Dog on February 22, 2012 at 8:06pm

There is this site... Roadsideamerica.com

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/search/tip?offset=0&tip_Town=alb...

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Permalink Reply by Amy on February 23, 2012 at 8:42am

Love all the kitchy UFO stuff in Roswell. Such a hoot!

Also, the adult nights at Explora. Great fun to go act like a kid, and still (re)learn some science. The Tornado Alley IMAX movie playing now at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. The ghost tours in Old Town. The Albuquerque Trolley tour for locals. I guess I could go on and on!